Hayato Ikeda

Hayato Ikeda
池田 勇人
Hayato Ikeda in 1960
Prime Minister of Japan
In office 19 July 1960 – 9 November 1964
Monarch	Shōwa
Preceded by	Nobusuke Kishi
Succeeded by	Eisaku Satō
Personal details
Born	(1899-12-03)3 December 1899 Takehara, Japan
Died	13 August 1965(1965-08-13) (aged 65) Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party
Alma mater	Kyoto Imperial University
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Hayato Ikeda was a Japanese politician. He was Prime Minister of Japan 3 times.

In 1960 Ikeda made a plan called the "Income Doubling Plan".^[1] The plan would use construction to double the economy of Japan.

References

1. "This is Japan". The Economist. 23 July 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2016.