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Zenkō Suzuki

Zenkō Suzuki (鈴木 善幸, Suzuki Zenkō, 11 January 1911 – 19 July 2004) was a Japanese politician who was Prime Minister of Japan from 1980 to 1982. He was the last prime minister to have been born in the Meiji era.

Zenko Suzuki

Buichi Oishi

Hiroshi Kanda

Hideo Bo

Yasumi Kurogane

Tomisaburo Hashimoto

Hayato Ikeda

Haruhiko Uetake

Yoshiteru Kogane

(1911-01-11)11 January 1911
Yamada, Iwate, Empire of Japan

19 July 2004(2004-07-19) (aged 93)
Tokyo, Japan

Liberal Democratic Party (1955–2004)

Liberal Party (1948–1950)
Democratic Liberal Party (1950–1955)

Shun'ichi Suzuki
Chikako Suzuki

Early life and education[edit]

Suzuki was born on 11 January 1911, Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, the eldest son of a fishery owner.[1][2] He graduated from Tokyo University of Fisheries in 1935.[3]

Personal life and death[edit]

Suzuki's daughter, Chikako Aso, is the wife of Taro Aso, who served as the Prime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009.[4] His son Shun'ichi Suzuki serves in the Diet.


Suzuki died at the International Medical Center of Japan in Tokyo of pneumonia on 19 July 2004 at the age of 93.[5] His wife died in 2015.

Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum (July 2004; posthumous)

From the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia