Ippei Kaneko | |
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Minister of Finance of Japan | |
In office 8 December 1978 – 8 November 1979 | |
Prime Minister | Masayoshi Ohira |
Preceded by | Tatsuo Murayama |
Personal details | |
Born | Takayama, Gifu, Japan | 12 February 1913
Died | 28 March 1989 Tokyo, Japan | (aged 76)
Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
Ippei Kaneko (金子 一平, Kaneko Ippei, 12 February 1913 – 28 March 1989)[1] was a Japanese politician. He served as finance minister of Japan from 1978 to 1979.
Kaneko was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and part of the Ikeda faction led by Hayato Ikeda.[2] Kaneko was the chairman of the LDP's tax system research council.[3] He ran for Diet seat in the 1960 general election as a member of the Ikeda faction.[2]
He worked at the ministry of finance as bureaucrat and had experience on tax policy.[2] He served as the head of the Osaka Tax Bureau until 1978.[2]
He was appointed minister of finance in the Masayoshi Ohira's cabinet on 8 December 1978, replacing Tatsuo Murayama in the post.[4] Kaneko was in office until 8 November 1979.[5] He was part of the faction led by Masayoshi Ohira in the LDP during this period.[6] Then Kaneko served as the director of the Economic Planning Agency (EPA) in the mid-1980s.[7][8]
Kaneko's eldest son Kazuyoshi Kaneko is also a politician[9] and held different cabinet portfolios, including transport minister.[10]