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Naoto Kan

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Also known as Kan Naoto

94th Prime Minister of Japan

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Naoto Kan is a Japanese politician, university teacher, and theoretical physicist. He was born in Ube in 1946 and holds Japanese citizenship. Kan is a member of the Democratic Party of Japan, the Socialist Democratic Federation, New Party Sakigake, and the Democratic Party. He has served as the Prime Minister of Japan, Deputy Prime Minister of Japan, and Minister of Finance.

Kan was educated at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and has been employed by Hosei University. He speaks and writes in Japanese. His religious worldview is Buddhism. He is married to Nobuko Kan, and they have two children. Kan participated in the 2017 Japanese general election.

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Instance of
human
Given name
Naoto
Gender
male
Citizenship
Japan
Place of birth
Ube
Languages spoken
Japanese
Native language
Japanese
Religion
Buddhism
Official website
n-kan.jp
Image
Naoto Kan 20071221.jpg
Number of children
2
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Naoto Kan
date of birth
1946-10-10
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name in kana
かん なおと
name in native language
菅直人
candidacy in election
2017 Japanese general election
social media followers
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writing language
Japanese
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Member of the House of Representatives from Tokyo In office 22 October 2017 – 9 October 2024 Preceded byMasatada Tsuchiya Succeeded byKaoru Fukuda Constituency18th district In office 16 December 2012 – 22 October 2017 Preceded byHidehiro Mitani Succeeded byShunsuke Ito ConstituencyPR Block In office 20 October 1996 – 16 December 2012 Preceded byConstituency established Succeeded byMasatada Tsuchiya Constituency18th district In office 17 July 1980 – 20 October 1996 Preceded byKiyoshi Ōno Succeeded byConstituency abolished Constituency7th district

Personal details Born (1946-10-10) 10 October 1946 79) Ube, Yamaguchi, Empire of Japan

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