Hayato Ikeda

Hayato Ikeda
池田 勇人
Ikeda in 1961
Prime Minister of Japan
In office 19 July 1960 – 9 November 1964
Monarch	Hirohito
Preceded by	Nobusuke Kishi
Succeeded by	Eisaku Satō
Minister of Finance
In office 23 December 1956 – 10 July 1957
Prime Minister	Tanzan Ishibashi
Preceded by	Hisato Ichimada
Succeeded by	Hisato Ichimada
In office 16 February 1949 – 30 October 1952
Prime Minister	Shigeru Yoshida
Preceded by	Shinzō Ōya (acting)
Succeeded by	Tadaharu Mukai
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 23 January 1949 – 13 August 1965
Constituency	Hiroshima
Personal details
Born	(1899-12-03)3 December 1899 Takehara, Empire of Japan
Died	13 August 1965(1965-08-13) (aged 65) Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party
Other political affiliations	Democratic Liberal Party (1948–1950) Liberal Party (1950–1955)
Alma mater	Kyoto Imperial University
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Hayato Ikeda (池田 勇人, Ikeda Hayato, 3 December 1899 – 13 August 1965) was a Japanese bureaucrat and later politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1960 to 1964. He is best known for his Income Doubling Plan, which promised to double Japan's GDP in ten years.

Ikeda is also known for repairing U.S.–Japan relations and Japanese domestic political rifts after the contentious 1960 Anpo Protests, as well as for presiding over the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.