Keizo Shibusawa

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Keizo Shibusawa
Minister of Finance of Japan
In office
1945–1946
Prime Minister Shidehara Kijūrō
16th Governor of the Bank of Japan
In office
March 18, 1944  October 9, 1945
Personal details
Born (1896-08-25)August 25, 1896
Tokyo, Japan
Died October 25, 1963(1963-10-25) (aged 67)

Keizō Shibusawa (渋沢敬三 Shibusawa Keizō, August 25, 1896 October 25, 1963) was a Japanese businessman, central banker and philanthropist. He was the 16th Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ).

Early life

Shibusawa was born in Tokyo.[1] He was the grandson of Shibusawa Eiichi.[2]

Career

Shibusawa was Governor of the Bank of Japan from March 18, 1944 – October 9, 1945.[3] He left the bank to served as Finance Minister in the brief post-war government of Shidehara Kijūrō in 1945-1946.[4]

The dissolution of the Japanese zaibatsu was implemented during the period in which he was head of the Ministry of Finance.[2]

Shibusawa was involved in the creation of the core collection of the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka.[5]

See also

Notes

  1. Bank of Japan (BOJ), 16th Governor
  2. 2.0 2.1 Tamaki, Norio. (1995). Japanese Banking: a History, 1859-1959, p. 187, p. 187, at Google Books
  3. BOJ, List of Governors; Werner, Richard A. (2003). Princes of the Yen: Japan's Central Bankers and the Transformation of the Economy, p. 147, p. 147, at Google Books
  4. "Major Posts Filled in Jap Cabinet; Shaping Into Conservative Body," The Argus (Australia). 9 October 1945, p. 1; retrieved 2011-08-21
  5. Izumi Koide. "Mining for Information Gold: How to get at it?" p. 2, Association for Asian Studies (AAS) conference, April 2, 2005; retrieved 2011-08-22

References

Political offices
Preceded by
Juichi Tsushima
Minister of Finance
1945-1946
Succeeded by
Tanzan Ishibashi
Government offices
Preceded by
Toyotaro Yuki
Governor of the Bank of Japan
1944-1945
Succeeded by
Eikichi Araki
(1st term)
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