Sōsuke Uno

Prime Minister of Japan

27 August 1922 Moriyama, Shiga, Empire of Japan

19 May 1998(1998-05-19) (75) Moriyama, Shiga, Japan

3 June 1989 – 10 August 1989

75th Prime Minister of Japan Sōsuke Uno宇 野 宗 佑 Prime Minister of JapanIn office 3 June 1989 – 10 August 1989MonarchAkihitoPreceded by Noboru TakeshitaSucceeded by Toshiki KaifuMinister for Foreign AffairsIn office 8 November 1987 – 3 June 1989Prime Minister Noboru TakeshitaPreceded by Tadashi KuranariSucceeded by Hiroshi MitsuzukaMinister of International Trade and IndustryIn office 10 June 1983 – 27 November 1983Prime Minister Yasuhiro NakasonePreceded by Sadanori YamanakaSucceeded by Hikosaburo OkonogiDirector General of the Administrative Management AgencyIn office 9 November 1979 – 17 July 1980Prime Minister Masayoshi ŌhiraPreceded by Motohiko KanaiSucceeded by Yasuhiro NakasoneDirector General of the Science and Technology AgencyIn office 24 December 1976 – 28 November 1977Prime Minister Takeo FukudaPreceded by Masao MaedaSucceeded by Tasaburo KumagaiDirector General of the Japan Defense AgencyIn office 11 November 1974 – 9 December 1974Prime Minister Kakuei TanakaPreceded by Sadanori YamanakaSucceeded by Michita SakataMember of the House of RepresentativesIn office 20 November 1960 – 20 October 1996 Personal detailsBorn(1922-08-27 ) 27 August 1922 Moriyama, Shiga, Empire of JapanDied19 May 1998(1998-05-19) (aged 75) Moriyama, Shiga, JapanPolitical partyLiberal Democratic PartyAlma materKobe University of CommerceSignatureMilitary careerAllegiance  JapanService/branch  Imperial Japanese ArmyYears of service1943–45RankSecond LieutenantBattles/warsSecond World War Soviet-Japanese War Soviet invasion of Manchuria Sōsuke Uno (宇野 宗佑 , Uno Sōsuke, 27 August 1922 – 19 May 1998) was a Japanese politician who was briefly Prime Minister of Japan in 1989, the first Prime Minister who came from Shiga Prefecture. A scandal exposed by the geisha Mitsuko Nakanishi contributed to his premature resignation from office after just sixty-eight days.