Taro Nakayama

Taro Nakayama
中山太郎

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan
In office 10 August 1989 – 5 November 1991
Prime Minister	Toshiki Kaifu
Preceded by	Hiroshi Mitsuzuka
Succeeded by	Michio Watanabe

Personal details
Born	(1924-08-27) 27 August 1924 Osaka, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
Parents	Fukuzō Nakayama dan Masa Nakayama
Alma mater	Osaka Medical College

Taro Nakayama (中山太郎, Nakayama Tarō, born August 27, 1924) is a Japanese doctor and politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Osaka^[1] he received a Ph.D in medicine from Osaka Medical College in 1960 for the study of infantile paralysis. After serving in the assembly of Osaka Prefecture he was elected to the Diet for the first time in 1968 as a member of the House of Councilors and to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1986. From 1989 to 1990 he served as Minister for Foreign Affairs in Toshiki Kaifu's cabinet (1989–1991).

Nakayama's parents, Fukuzō and Masa, were also politicians and members of the Diet, as are his brother Masaaki and nephew Yasuhide.

Nakayama also made history by hiring the first non-Japanese aide, Timothy Langley, into the Japanese Diet as was showcased on 60 Minutes.^[2]

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Political offices
Preceded by Hiroshi Mitsuzuka	Minister for Foreign Affairs 1989–1991	Succeeded by Michio Watanabe
Preceded by Keizō Obuchi	Minister of Okinawa Development 1980–1981	Succeeded by Kunio Tanabe

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