Hashimoto Ryutaro

Hashimoto Ryūtarō (橋本龍太郎), born July 29, 1937, is a Japanese politician and Prime Minister from 1996 to 1998.

He was born in Soja city, Okayama prefecture. He became Minister of Health and then Minister of Transport, and Minister of International Trade and Industry in 1994.

See also: Politics of Japan, Japan