Toranosuke Takeshita
Toranosuke Takeshita | |
|---|---|
竹下 虎之助 | |
| Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture | |
| In office 29 November 1981 – 28 November 1993 | |
| Monarchs | Hirohito Akihito |
| Preceded by | Hiroshi Miyazawa |
| Succeeded by | Yūzan Fujita |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 August 1924 |
| Died | 16 December 2008 (aged 84) Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan |
| Alma mater | Kyoto University |
Toranosuke Takeshita (竹下 虎之助, Takeshita Toranosuke; 6 August 1924 – 16 December 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]
References
- ↑ Zwigenberg, Ran (15 September 2014). Hiroshima. Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 9781107071278.
- ↑ "In expectation of President Gorbachev's first visit to Hiroshima". Archived from the original on 28 April 2005. Retrieved 24 August 2024.