Yoshiro Hayashi (politician)


Yoshiro Hayashi was a Japanese politician. In addition to being a National Diet member, he served as finance minister from 1992 to 1993.

Early life and education

Hayashi was born in 1927 and is from Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture. He graduated from Tokyo University.

Career

Hayashi was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He served at the House of Representatives, also known as Diet. He was first elected for the Diet in 1969. He also served as health and welfare minister. In August 1989, he ran for the presidency of the LDP, but Toshiki Kaifu won the election, replacing Sousuke Uno as the LDP president.
He was appointed finance minister in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa on 12 December 1992. Hayashi replaced Tsutomu Hata in the post. Hayashi's tenure ended on 9 August 1993 when Hirohisa Fujii became finance minister. Then he began to serve as the chairman of the Diet Members League for Sino-Japanese relations. In 2003 he ended his involvement in politics after serving at Diet ten times.

Personal life and death

Hayashi had a daughter and a son. His son, Yoshimasa, is also a politician and held different cabinet posts.
Hayashi died from multiple organ failure in Tokyo on 3 February 2017 at the age of 89.