Masayoshi Ito

In this Japanese name, the family name is Itō.

Masayoshi Ito
伊東正義


Prime Minister of Japan Acting
In office 12 June 1980 – 17 July 1980
Monarch	Shōwa
Preceded by	Masayoshi Ōhira
Succeeded by	Zenkō Suzuki
Personal details
Born	(1913-12-15)15 December 1913 Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Died	21 May 1994(1994-05-21) (aged 80) Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party
Alma mater	Tokyo Imperial University

Masayoshi Ito (伊東正義, Itō Masayoshi, 15 December 1913 – 21 May 1994) was a Japanese political figure. He served as acting prime minister of Japan in 1980 after the sudden death of Masayoshi Ōhira. He then served as foreign minister of Japan from 1980 to 1981.

Early life

Ito was born on 15 December 1913 in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima.

Career

Ito served as Foreign Minister from July 1980 to May 1981 in the cabinet of Zenko Suzuki.^[1]

Death

Ito died on 21 May 1994.^[1]

References

1 2 "Masayoshi Ito, 80, Japanese Politician". The New York Times. 21 May 1994. Retrieved 13 January 2013.

Political offices
Preceded by Saburo Ōkita	Minister of Foreign Affairs 1980–1981	Succeeded by Sunao Sonoda
Preceded by Masayoshi Ōhira	Prime Minister of Japan Acting 1980	Succeeded by Zenko Suzuki
Preceded by Takeo Fukuda	Deputy Prime Minister of Japan 1980	Succeeded by Shin Kanemaru
Preceded by Rokusuke Tanaka	Chief Cabinet Secretary 1979–1980	Succeeded by Kiichi Miyazawa

Prime Ministers of Japan (List)

Empire of Japan, 1868-1947

Meiji Period, 1868-1912	H. Itō Kuroda Sanjō Yamagata Matsukata H. Itō Kuroda Matsukata H. Itō Ōkuma Yamagata H. Itō Saionji Katsura Saionji

Taishō Period, 1912-26	Katsura Saionji Katsura Yamamoto Ōkuma Terauchi Hara Uchida Takahashi To. Katō Uchida Yamamoto Kiyoura Ta. Katō Wakatsuki

Shōwa Period, 1926-47	G. Tanaka Hamaguchi Shidehara Hamaguchi Wakatsuki Inukai Takahashi Saitō Okada Gotō Okada Hirota Hayashi Konoe Hiranuma N. Abe Yonai Konoe Tōjō Koiso K. Suzuki Higashikuni Shidehara Yoshida

State of Japan, 1947-present

Shōwa Period, 1947-89	Katayama Ashida Yoshida I. Hatoyama Ishibashi Kishi Ikeda Satō K. Tanaka Miki T. Fukuda Ōhira M. Itō Z. Suzuki Nakasone Takeshita

Heisei Period, 1989-	Uno Kaifu Miyazawa Hosokawa Hata Murayama Hashimoto Obuchi Aoki Mori Koizumi S. Abe Y. Fukuda Asō Y. Hatoyama Kan Noda S. Abe

Italics denote acting Prime Ministers

Foreign Ministers of Japan

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 72947290 LCCN: n88153650 NDL: 00185626

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