Zenkō Suzuki
Zenko Suzuki | |
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鈴木 善幸 | |
Official portrait, 1980 | |
| Prime Minister of Japan | |
| In office 17 July 1980 – 27 November 1982 | |
| Monarch | Hirohito |
| Preceded by | Masayoshi Ōhira |
| Succeeded by | Yasuhiro Nakasone |
| President of the Liberal Democratic Party | |
| In office 15 July 1980 – 25 November 1982 | |
| Secretary-General | Yoshio Sakurauchi |
| Preceded by | Eiichi Nishimura (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Yasuhiro Nakasone |
| Minister of Agriculture and Forestry | |
| In office 24 December 1976 – 28 November 1977 | |
| Prime Minister | Takeo Fukuda |
| Preceded by | Buichi Oishi |
| Succeeded by | Ichiro Nakagawa |
| Minister of Health and Welfare | |
| In office 3 June 1965 – 3 December 1966 | |
| Prime Minister | Eisaku Satō |
| Preceded by | Hiroshi Kanda |
| Succeeded by | Hideo Bo |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | |
| In office 18 July 1964 – 9 September 1964 | |
| Prime Minister | Hayato Ikeda |
| Preceded by | Yasumi Kurogane |
| Succeeded by | Tomisaburo Hashimoto |
| Minister of Posts and Telecommunications | |
| In office 19 July 1960 – 8 December 1960 | |
| Prime Minister | Hayato Ikeda |
| Preceded by | Haruhiko Uetake |
| Succeeded by | Yoshiteru Kogane |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 25 April 1947 – 24 January 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Multi-member district |
| Constituency | Iwate 1st |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 January 1911 Yamada, Iwate, Japan |
| Died | 19 July 2004 (aged 93) Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | LDP (1955–2004) |
| Other political affiliations | JSP (1947–1948) JLP (1948–1950) DLP (1950–1955) |
| Spouse |
Sachi Hagiwara (m. 1939) |
| Children | Shun'ichi Suzuki Chikako Suzuki |
| Relatives | Tarō Asō (son-in-law) |
| Alma mater | Tokyo University of Fisheries |
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Zenkō Suzuki (鈴木 善幸, Suzuki Zenkō, 11 January 1911 – 19 July 2004) was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1980 to 1982.
Born in Iwate Prefecture, Suzuki graduated from the Tokyo University of Fisheries in 1935 and was elected to the Diet in 1947 as a member of the Japan Socialist Party, then shifted rightward and joined the Liberal Democratic Party. He briefly served as posts and telecommunications minister and cabinet secretary under Hayato Ikeda, as health and welfare minister under Eisaku Satō, and as agriculture, forests, and fisheries minister under Takeo Fukuda. After the sudden death of prime minister Masayoshi Ōhira in 1980, Suzuki assumed leadership of his faction, and he succeeded him as LDP president and prime minister until 1982.