Wataru Kubo

Wataru Kubo
久保 亘
Official portrait, 1996
Deputy Prime Minister of Japan
In office
11 January 1996  7 November 1996
Prime MinisterRyutaro Hashimoto
Preceded byRyutaro Hashimoto
Succeeded byNaoto Kan (2009)
Minister of Finance
In office
11 January 1996  7 November 1996
Prime MinisterRyutaro Hashimoto
Preceded byMasayoshi Takemura
Succeeded byHiroshi Mitsuzuka
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
10 July 1983  22 July 2001
Preceded byTakeo Tahara
Succeeded bySeat abolished
ConstituencyKagoshima at-large
In office
8 July 1974  7 July 1980
Preceded byTameji Kawakami
Succeeded byShinjirō Kawahara
ConstituencyKagoshima at-large
Member of the Kagoshima Prefectural Assembly
In office
1963–1974
ConstituencyKagoshima City
Personal details
Born(1929-01-15)15 January 1929
Aira, Kagoshima, Japan
Died24 June 2003(2003-06-24) (aged 74)
Kagoshima City, Kagoshima, Japan
Political partyDPJ (1998–2003)
Other political
affiliations
JSP (1963–1996)
SDP (1996–1997)
DRP (1997–1998)
Alma materHiroshima University of Literature and Science

Wataru Kubo (久保 亘, Kubo Wataru, 15 January 1929 – 24 June 2003) was a Japanese politician from the Japan Socialist Party, and then from the Democratic Party of Japan. He served as deputy prime minister and finance minister of Japan from 11 January 1996 to 7 November 1996.