Toranosuke Takeshita
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Preceded byHiroshi Miyazawa
Succeeded byYūzan Fujita
BornAugust 6, 1924
DiedDecember 16, 2008 (aged 84)
Toranosuke Takeshita | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture | |
| In office November 29, 1981 – November 28, 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Hiroshi Miyazawa |
| Succeeded by | Yūzan Fujita |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 6, 1924 |
| Died | December 16, 2008 (aged 84) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Toranosuke Takeshita (竹下 虎之助, Takeshita Toranosuke; August 6, 1924 – December 16, 2008) was the Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture from 1981 to 1993.[1]
In August 1990, while participating in a symposium in Hiroshima, he publicly called on Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to visit the city.[2]
