Yoshirō Mori (森 喜朗, Mori Yoshirō, born 14 July 1937) is a Japanese politician.
He was the 85th and 86th Prime Minister of Japan from 5 April 2000 until 26 April 2001. Mori has been described as having "the heart of a flea and the brain of a shark,". He was not a well liked prime minister. Mori is mainly remembered today for his many gaffes. He is currently President of the Japan Rugby Football Union as well as the Japan-Korea Parliamentarians' Union.
Yoshiro Mori | |
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森 喜朗 | |
55th Prime Minister of Japan | |
In office 5 April 2000 – 26 April 2001 | |
Monarch | Akihito |
Preceded by | Mikio Aoki (acting) |
Succeeded by | Junichiro Koizumi |
Minister of Construction | |
In office 8 August 1995 – 11 January 1996 | |
Prime Minister | Tomiichi Murayama |
Preceded by | Koken Nosaka |
Succeeded by | Eiichi Nakao |
Minister of International Trade and Industry | |
In office 12 December 1992 – 20 July 1993 | |
Prime Minister | Kiichi Miyazawa |
Preceded by | Kozo Watanabe |
Succeeded by | Hiroshi Kumagai |
Minister of Education | |
In office 27 December 1983 – 1 November 1984 | |
Prime Minister | Yasuhiro Nakasone |
Preceded by | Mitsuo Setoyama |
Succeeded by | Hikaru Matsunaga |
President of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games | |
Assumed office 21 August 2016 | |
Leader | Thomas Bach |
Preceded by | Carlos Arthur Nuzman |
Succeeded by | Tony Estanguet |
President of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games | |
Assumed office 24 January 2014 | |
Preceded by | Committee established |
Personal details | |
Born | Nomi, Ishikawa, Japan | 14 July 1937
Political party | Liberal Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Chieko Maki |
Children | Yūki Mori Yoko Fujimoto |
Alma mater | Waseda University |
Website | Yoshiro Mori WebSite |
In 2014, he was appointed to be in charge of the organizing committee for the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. He resigned in February 2021 after he made some sexist comments at a committee meeting.
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