Michio Watanabe

Michio Watanabe
渡辺 美智雄
Watanabe in 1993
Deputy Prime Minister of Japan
In office
5 November 1991 – 7 April 1993
Prime MinisterKiichi Miyazawa
Preceded byKiichi Miyazawa (1988)
Succeeded byMasaharu Gotoda
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
5 November 1991 – 7 April 1993
Prime MinisterKiichi Miyazawa
Preceded byTaro Nakayama
Succeeded byKabun Mutō
Minister of International Trade and Industry
In office
28 December 1985 – 22 July 1986
Prime MinisterYasuhiro Nakasone
Preceded byKeijiro Murata
Succeeded byHajime Tamura
Minister of Finance
In office
17 July 1980 – 17 November 1982
Prime MinisterZenkō Suzuki
Preceded byNoboru Takeshita
Succeeded byNoboru Takeshita
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
In office
7 December 1978 – 9 November 1979
Prime MinisterMasayoshi Ōhira
Preceded byIchiro Nakagawa
Succeeded byKabun Mutō
Minister of Health and Welfare
In office
24 December 1976 – 28 November 1977
Prime MinisterTakeo Fukuda
Preceded byTakashi Hayakawa
Succeeded byTatsuo Ozawa
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
22 November 1963 – 15 September 1995
Preceded byGiichi Ozeki
Succeeded byConstituency abolished (1996)
ConstituencyTochigi 1st
Personal details
Born(1923-07-28)28 July 1923
Died15 September 1995(1995-09-15) (aged 72)
Cause of deathHeart failure
PartyLiberal Democratic
(1955–1995)
Other political
affiliations
Liberal (1950–1955)
SpouseSumiko Nagayama
ChildrenYoshimi Watanabe
Michiaki Watanabe
RelativesMichitaro Watanabe (grandson)
Alma materTokyo College of Commerce
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Michio Watanabe (渡辺 美智雄, Watanabe Michio; 28 July 1923 – 15 September 1995) was a Japanese political figure. He was born in Ōtawara, Tochigi and graduated from the Tokyo College of Commerce (now Hitotsubashi University) in 1942. He worked as a reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun, a certified tax accountant, and a member of Tochigi prefectural assembly before serving as a member of House of Representatives of Japan.