Tanzan Ishibashi

Tanzan Ishibashi
Tanzan Ishibashi
石橋湛山
	Official portrait, 1956
Prime Minister of Japan
	In office; 23 December 1956 – 31 January 1957
Monarch	Hirohito
Preceded by	Ichirō Hatoyama
Succeeded by	Nobusuke Kishi
Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
	In office; 23 December 1956 – 31 January 1957
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Funada Naka
Succeeded by	Nobusuke Kishi
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
	In office; 23 December 1956 – 27 December 1956
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Isamu Murakami
Succeeded by	Taro Hirai
Minister of International Trade and Industry
	In office; 10 December 1954 – 23 December 1956
Prime Minister	Ichirō Hatoyama
Preceded by	Kiichi Aichi
Succeeded by	Mikio Mizuta
Minister of Finance
	In office; 22 May 1946 – 24 May 1947
Prime Minister	Shigeru Yoshida
Preceded by	Keizo Shibusawa
Succeeded by	Tetsu Katayama (Acting)
Member of the House of Representatives ; for Shizuoka 2nd District
	In office; 1 October 1952 – 29 January 1967
	In office; 26 April 1947 – 17 May 1947
Personal details
Born	Seizō Sugita; 25 September 1884; Tokyo, Japan
Died	25 April 1973 (aged 88); Osaka, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party (1955–1973)
Alma mater	Waseda University
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Tanzan Ishibashi (石橋湛山, Ishibashi Tanzan, 25 September 1884 – 25 April 1973) was a Japanese journalist, Nichiren Buddhist priest, and politician who was prime minister of Japan for two months from 1956 to 1957, before resigning due to illness. He simultaneously served as Director General of the Japan Defense Agency. From 1952 to 1968 he was also the president of Rissho University. As a member of the Nichiren-shū sect of Nichiren Buddhism, Tanzan was his Buddhist name; his birth name was Seizō (省三).