Yoshirō Mori
86th Prime Minister of Japan
Yoshirō Mori (森 喜朗, Mori Yoshirō, born 14 July 1937) is a Japanese politician. He was the 85th and 86th Prime Minister of Japan from 5 April 2000 until 26 April 2001. Mori has been described as having "the heart of a flea and the brain of a shark,".[1][2] He was not a well liked prime minister. Mori is mainly remembered today for his many gaffes. He is currently President of the Japan Rugby Football Union as well as the Japan-Korea Parliamentarians' Union.
Yoshiro Mori | |
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森 喜朗 | |
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| 55th Prime Minister of Japan | |
| In office 5 April 2000 – 26 April 2001 | |
| Monarch | Akihito |
| Preceded by | Mikio Aoki (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Junichiro Koizumi |
| Minister of Construction | |
| In office 8 August 1995 – 11 January 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | Tomiichi Murayama |
| Preceded by | Koken Nosaka |
| Succeeded by | Eiichi Nakao |
| Minister of International Trade and Industry | |
| In office 12 December 1992 – 20 July 1993 | |
| Prime Minister | Kiichi Miyazawa |
| Preceded by | Kozo Watanabe |
| Succeeded by | Hiroshi Kumagai |
| Minister of Education | |
| In office 27 December 1983 – 1 November 1984 | |
| Prime Minister | Yasuhiro Nakasone |
| Preceded by | Mitsuo Setoyama |
| Succeeded by | Hikaru Matsunaga |
| President of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games | |
| Assumed office 21 August 2016 | |
| Leader | Thomas Bach |
| Preceded by | Carlos Arthur Nuzman |
| Succeeded by | Tony Estanguet |
| President of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games | |
| Assumed office 24 January 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Committee established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 July 1937 Nomi, Ishikawa, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Chieko Maki |
| Children | Yūki Mori Yoko Fujimoto |
| Alma mater | Waseda University |
| Website | Yoshiro Mori WebSite |
In 2014, he was appointed to be in charge of the organizing committee for the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.[3] He resigned in February 2021 after he made some sexist comments at a committee meeting.[4]
References
change- ↑ Profile: Yoshiro Mori BBC News, (2000-11-20, 08:34 GMT
- ↑ 噂の眞相特別取材班｢『サメの脳ミソ』と『ノミの心臓』を持つ森喜朗 "総理失格" の人間性の証明」 (『噂の眞相』2000年6月号、pp.24–31)
- ↑ "Mori says he may not live to see 2020 Olympics". AFP. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ↑ "Tokyo Olympics head quits over sexism row with no successor in sight". Kyodo News. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
