Takeo Miki (三木 武夫 Miki Takeo
March 17,
1907–
November 4,
1988) was a
Japanese politician and the 66th
Prime Minister of Japan.Born in
Tokushima Prefecture, Miki graduated from the
Meiji University. He was elected to the
Diet in
1937 and remained there until at least
1984. He took over from
Kakuei Tanaka as Prime Minister on
December 9,
1974, following the latter's implication in the
Lockheed bribery scandals. Miki attempted to reform the
LDP and made a large number of enemies within the party. Despite his personal popularity with the public, the Lockheed scandal reflected poorly on the party, which lost its overall majority in the
1976 election to the Diet and had to make deals with minor parties to remain in power. Embarrassed by the result, Miki resigned and was succeeded on
December 24,
1976, by
Takeo Fukuda. In
Mao Tse-Tung's final days, he took a great interest in Miki's political condition, as Miki was suffering a coup d'etat from amongst his own party. Mao had never shown any interest in Miki before, or even mentioned him.
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