Tadashi Kuranari

Tadashi Kuranari (倉成 正, Kuranari Tadashi, August 31, 1918 – July 3, 1996) was a Japanese politician, member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1986 to 1987. He was a close confidante of Nakasone, who appointed him Foreign Minister after his 1986 re-election. Kuranari had concentrated on agricultural issues and was director of the Economic Planning Agency, a Cabinet post, in the 1970s.[1] In 1987 he visited Sri Lanka, Fiji and other countries.

Tadashi Kuranari
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office 22 July 1986 – 6 November 1987
Prime Minister	Yasuhiro Nakasone
Preceded by	Shintaro Abe
Succeeded by	Sōsuke Uno
Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency
In office 24 December 1976 – 28 November 1977
Prime Minister	Takeo Fukuda
Preceded by	Uichi Noda
Succeeded by	Kiichi Miyazawa
In office 11 November 1974 – 9 December 1974
Prime Minister	Kakuei Tanaka
Preceded by	Tsuneo Uchida
Succeeded by	Takeo Fukuda
Personal details
Born	(1918-08-31)31 August 1918 Nagasaki, Japan
Died	3 July 1996(1996-07-03) (aged 77)
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party
Alma mater	Tokyo Imperial University

Honour

Foreign honour

•  Malaysia : Honorary Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (P.M.N.) (1991)[2]

See also

• List of Japanese politicians
• Politics of Japan

References

1. "RE-ELECTED NAKASONE RESHUFFLES". Chicago Tribune. July 23, 1986. p. 5.
2. "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".

House of Representatives of Japan
Preceded by Tsuyoshi Kihara Hitoshi Imamura Motoharu Baba Tarō Nakajima Chōjirō Taguchi	Representative for Nagasaki 1st district (multi-member) 1958–1986 Served alongside: Motoharu Baba, Chōjirō Taguchi, Tsuyoshi Kihara, Hitoshi Imamura, Shigemitsu Nakamura, Takeo Nishioka, Nobuhito Matsuo, Takeki Komiya, Yoshinori Taniguchi, Masayoshi Kobuchi, Kakuji Miyazaki, Fumio Kyūma	Succeeded by Takeo Nishioka Tadashi Kuranari Kenji Taguchi Masayoshi Kobuchi Fumio Kyūma
Preceded by Jujiro Morita	Chair, Committee on Social and Labour Affairs of the House of Representatives 1970–1971	Succeeded by Kinji Moriyama
Preceded by Chuji Kuno	Chair, Committee on Budget of the House of Representatives 1983–1984	Succeeded by Kosei Amano
Party political offices
Preceded by Ippei Kaneko	Chair, Research Commission on the Tax System of the Liberal Democratic Party 1978–1979	Succeeded by Sadanori Yamanaka
Political offices
Preceded by Tsuneo Uchida	Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency 1974	Succeeded by Takeo Fukuda
Preceded by Uichi Noda	Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency 1976–1977	Succeeded by Kiichi Miyazawa
Preceded by Shintarō Abe	Minister for Foreign Affairs 1986–1987	Succeeded by Sōsuke Uno