Tanzan Ishibashi

Prime Minister of Japan

25 September 1884 Tokyo, Japan

25 April 1973(1973-04-25) (88) Osaka, Japan

23 December 1956 – 31 January 1957

Tanzan Ishibashi (石橋 湛山 , Ishibashi Tanzan, 25 September 1884 – 25 April 1973) was a Japanese journalist and politician who was Prime Minister of Japan from 1956 to 1957. He was also Director General of the Japan Defense Agency in addition to being Prime Minister. During the same time he was the 2nd president of the Liberal Democratic Party, the majority party in the Diet. From 1952 to 1968 he was also the president of Rissho University. Being a member of Nichiren-shū, the name Tanzan is a religious name, as his profane name was Seizō (省三).