Ippei Kaneko

Ippei Kaneko
Minister of Finance of Japan
In office
8 December 1978 – 8 November 1979
Prime MinisterMasayoshi Ohira
Preceded byTatsuo Murayama
Personal details
Born(1913-02-12)12 February 1913
Takayama, Gifu, Japan
Died28 March 1989(1989-03-28) (aged 76)
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party

Ippei Kaneko (金子 一平, Kaneko Ippei, 12 February 1913 – 28 March 1989) was a Japanese politician. He served as finance minister of Japan from 1978 to 1979.

Career

Kaneko was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and part of the Ikeda faction led by Hayato Ikeda. Kaneko was the chairman of the LDP's tax system research council. He ran for Diet seat in the 1960 general election as a member of the Ikeda faction.

He worked at the ministry of finance as bureaucrat and had experience on tax policy. He served as the head of the Osaka Tax Bureau until 1978.

He was appointed minister of finance in the Masayoshi Ohira's cabinet on 8 December 1978, replacing Tatsuo Murayama in the post. Kaneko was in office until 8 November 1979. He was part of the faction led by Masayoshi Ohira in the LDP during this period. Then Kaneko served as the director of the Economic Planning Agency (EPA) in the mid-1980s.

Personal life

Kaneko's eldest son Kazuyoshi Kaneko is also a politician and held different cabinet portfolios, including transport minister.


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