Ook wel: KISJI, Noboesoeke

* 13-11-1896, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan   –   †  1987, Tokio, Japan

Studeerde rechten aan de keizerlijke Universiteit te Tokio, bekleedde verschillende regerings- en ministeriële functies vóór en gedurende Wereldoorlog II.

Was van 1955 tot 1956 secretaris-generaal van de liberaal-democratische partij, van dec. 1956 tot febr. 1957 minister van Buitenlandse zaken en van febr. 1957 tot juli 1960 premier. Hij moest aftreden in verband met de moeilijkheden om de verlenging van het Veiligheidspact met de Verenigde Staten en de uitnodiging aan Eisenhower om Japan te bezoeken.

Nobusuke Kishi (1896-1987) was a Japanese statesman who was imprisoned as a war criminal but released by the Allied Occupation authorities after World War II. His term as prime minister was marked by turbulent opposition to the U.S.-Japan security treaty signed in 1960.

The career of Nobusuke Kishi symbolizes the reversal of Japan's international relations in the 20th century. A cosigner of the declaration of war against the United States in 1941, he became the leader of America's most important Pacific ally in the 1950s.

A Political Family Background

Born Sato Nobusuke, on Nov. 13, 1896, in Yamaguchi Prefecture, southwestern Japan, Kishi was the second son of Hidesuke and Moyo Sato. His father, orginally born into the Kishi family, had been adopted by the Satos to preserve their family line and name. Similarly, Nobusuke was adopted by his father's elder brother and took the family name of Kishi.