Yukihiko Ikeda

Yukihiko Ikeda
池田 行彦
Official portrait, 1996
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
11 January 1996  11 September 1997
Prime MinisterRyutaro Hashimoto
Preceded byYōhei Kōno
Succeeded byKeizō Obuchi
Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
In office
29 December 1990  5 November 1991
Prime MinisterToshiki Kaifu
Preceded byYozo Ishikawa
Succeeded bySohei Miyashita
Director-General of the Management and Coordination Agency
In office
3 June 1989  10 August 1989
Prime MinisterSōsuke Uno
Preceded bySaburō Kanemaru
Succeeded byKiyoshi Mizuno
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
(Political affairs)
In office
30 November 1981  27 November 1982
Prime MinisterZenkō Suzuki
Preceded byRiki Kawara
Succeeded byTakao Fujinami
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
10 December 1976  28 January 2004
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byMinoru Terada
ConstituencyHiroshima 2nd (1976–1996)
Hiroshima 5th (1996–2004)
Personal details
Born(1937-05-13)13 May 1937
Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan
Died28 January 2004(2004-01-28) (aged 66)
Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
RelativesHayato Ikeda (father-in-law)
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo

Yukihiko Ikeda (池田 行彦, Ikeda Yukihiko; 13 May 1937 – 28 January 2004) was a Japanese bureaucrat and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) politician who served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 1997. Ikeda was known to be "Mr. No" in the political life.