Yasushi Mieno

In this Japanese name, the family name is "Mieno".

Yasushi Mieno (三重野康 Mieno Yasushi, March 17, 1924 April 15, 2012) was a Japanese businessman, central banker, the 26th Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and a Director of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).[1][2]

Early life

Mieno was born in Ōita.[3]

Career

From April 1975 through February 1978, Mieno was head of the BOJ banking department.[4]

Mieno was BOJ Governor from December 17, 1989 to December 16, 1994,[5] having previously served as Deputy Governor from 1984 to 1989.[4]

In 1994, he was an elected member of the BIS Board of Directors.[1]

On April 15, 2012, Mieno died from heart failure in a Tokyo hospital.[2]

Selected works

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Yasushi Mieno, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 7 works in 10 publications in 2 languages and 50+ library holdings.[6]

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Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Siegman, Charles J. "The Bank for International Settlements and the Federal Reserve," Federal Reserve Bulletin. October 1, 1994.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Mayumi Otsuma (April 18, 2012). "Mieno, Governor Who Pricked Japan's Bubble Economy, Dies". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  3. Bank of Japan (BOJ), 26th Governor
  4. 4.0 4.1 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
  5. BOJ, List of Governors
  6. WorldCat Identities: Mieno, Yasushi 1924-  

References

Government offices
Preceded by
Satoshi Sumita
Governor of the Bank of Japan
1989-1994
Succeeded by
Yasuo Matsushita