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Tanzan Ishibashi | |
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石橋 湛山 | |
![]() Official portrait, 1956 | |
Prime Minister of Japan | |
In office 23 December 1956 – 31 January 1957 | |
Monarch | Hirohito |
Preceded by | Ichirō Hatoyama |
Succeeded by | Nobusuke Kishi |
President of the Liberal Democratic Party | |
In office 14 December 1956 – 21 March 1957 | |
Vice President | Banboku Ōno |
Secretary-General | Takeo Miki |
Preceded by | Ichirō Hatoyama |
Succeeded by | Nobusuke Kishi |
Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency | |
In office 23 December 1956 – 31 January 1957 | |
Prime Minister | Himself |
Preceded by | Funada Naka |
Succeeded by | Nobusuke Kishi |
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications | |
In office 23 December 1956 – 27 December 1956 | |
Prime Minister | Himself |
Preceded by | Isamu Murakami |
Succeeded by | Taro Hirai |
Minister of International Trade and Industry | |
In office 10 December 1954 – 23 December 1956 | |
Prime Minister | Ichirō Hatoyama |
Preceded by | Kiichi Aichi |
Succeeded by | Mikio Mizuta |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 22 May 1946 – 24 May 1947 | |
Prime Minister | Shigeru Yoshida |
Preceded by | Keizo Shibusawa |
Succeeded by | Tetsu Katayama (Acting) |
Member of the House of Representatives for Shizuoka 2nd District | |
In office 1 October 1952 – 29 January 1967 | |
In office 26 April 1947 – 17 May 1947 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Seizō Sugita 25 September 1884 Tokyo, Japan |
Died | 25 April 1973 Osaka, Japan | (aged 88)
Political party | Liberal Democratic Party (1955–1973) |
Alma mater | Waseda University |
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Tanzan Ishibashi (石橋 湛山, Ishibashi Tanzan, 25 September 1884 – 25 April 1973) was a Japanese journalist, Nichiren Buddhist priest, and politician who was prime minister of Japan for two months from 1956 to 1957, before resigning due to illness. He simultaneously served as Director General of the Japan Defense Agency. From 1952 to 1968 he was also the president of Rissho University. As a member of the Nichiren-shū sect of Nichiren Buddhism, Tanzan was his Buddhist name; his birth name was Seizō (省三).