Tsutomu Hata

Tsutomu Hata
羽田 孜
Official portrait, 1994
Prime Minister of Japan
In office 28 April 1994 – 30 June 1994
Monarch	Akihito
Preceded by	Morihiro Hosokawa
Succeeded by	Tomiichi Murayama
Deputy Prime Minister of Japan
In office 9 August 1993 – 28 April 1994
Prime Minister	Morihiro Hosokawa
Preceded by	Masaharu Gotoda
Succeeded by	Yohei Kono
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 9 August 1993 – 28 April 1994
Prime Minister	Morihiro Hosokawa
Preceded by	Kabun Muto
Succeeded by	Koji Kakizawa
Minister of Finance
In office 5 November 1991 – 12 December 1992
Prime Minister	Kiichi Miyazawa
Preceded by	Toshiki Kaifu Acting
Succeeded by	Yoshiro Hayashi
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
In office 27 December 1988 – 3 June 1989
Prime Minister	Noboru Takeshita
Preceded by	Takashi Sato
Succeeded by	Hisao Horinouchi
In office 28 December 1985 – 22 July 1986
Prime Minister	Yasuhiro Nakasone
Preceded by	Moriyoshi Sato
Succeeded by	Mutsuki Kato
Member of the House of Representatives for Nagano 3rd District Nagano 2nd District (1969–1996)
In office 27 December 1969 – 16 December 2012
Personal details
Born	(1935-08-24)24 August 1935 Tokyo, Empire of Japan
Died	28 August 2017(2017-08-28) (aged 82) Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Democratic Party (2016) (2016–2017)
Other political affiliations	LDP (1969–1992) Renewal Party (1992–1994) NFP (1994–1996) Sun Party (1996–1998) GGP (1998-1998) DPJ (1998–2016)
Spouse	Ayako Hata
Children	Yuichiro Hata
Alma mater	Seijo University
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Tsutomu Hata (羽田 孜, Hata Tsutomu, 24 August 1935 – 28 August 2017) was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan for nine weeks in 1994.^[1] He took over from Morihiro Hosokawa at the head of a coalition government. Shortly after he had been appointed Prime Minister, the Japanese Socialist Party left the government, leading to his early departure from office. He was a member of the lower house representing Nagano district #3. He was elected 14 times, retiring in 2012.^[2]