Hayato Ikeda
Prime Minister of Japan from 1960 to 1964 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hayato Ikeda was a Japanese politician. He was Prime Minister of Japan 3 times.
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Hayato Ikeda | |
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池田 勇人 | |
Prime Minister of Japan | |
In office 19 July 1960 – 9 November 1964 | |
Monarch | Shōwa |
Preceded by | Nobusuke Kishi |
Succeeded by | Eisaku Satō |
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Born | (1899-12-03)3 December 1899 Takehara, Japan |
Died | 13 August 1965(1965-08-13) (aged 65) Tokyo, Japan |
Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
Alma mater | Kyoto Imperial University |
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In 1960 Ikeda made a plan called the "Income Doubling Plan".[1] The plan would use construction to double the economy of Japan.