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Tomiichi Murayama (村山 富市, Murayama Tomiichi, born 3 March 1924) is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1994 to 1996. He led the Japan Socialist Party, and was responsible for changing its name to the Social Democratic Party of Japan in 1996.
Murayama Tomiichi was a politician who in 1994–96 was the first Socialist prime minister of Japan since 1948. One of 11 children born to a fisherman, Murayama graduated from Meiji University in Tokyo in 1946 and then returned to Ōita, where he became an activist in the local fishermen’s union.
Jun 30, 1994 · Profile. Date of birth: March 3, 1924. From: Oita. Age at inauguration: 70. Term in office: June 30, 1994.
Tomiichi Murayama The 81st Prime Minister. Born : March 3, 1924, Oita Prefecture: Tenure of office as Prime Minister: June 30, 1994 - January 11, 1996:
Mar 3, 2024 · Murayama, who led Japan from 1994 to 1996, was born in Oita on March 3, 1924. He is the third prime minister in history to reach 100, and expressed his hope for Japan's peace in a statement issued by the Social Democratic Party.
Prime Minister of Japan 1994–6 Japan's first Socialist Prime Minister for forty-seven years, he was plucked from relative obscurity in late 1993 to lead the Japan Socialist Party (JSP) after its crushing defeat in the July 1993 House of Representatives poll.
Feb 7, 2022 · Tomiichi Murayama was born in Oita City of Oita Prefecture as a son of fisherman on 3 March 1924. Murayama entered Meiji University in 1943, and was mobilized and drafted into the infantry of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Asia Pacific War, during which he served as a sergeant.
