Tomiichi Murayama, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Tomiichi Murayama

The 81st Prime Minister of Japan

Date of Birth: 03-Mar-1924

Place of Birth: Ōita, Ōita Prefecture, Japan

Profession: politician

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Tomiichi Murayama (?? ??, Murayama Tomiichi, born 3 March 1924) is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1994 to 1996.
He led the Japanese Socialist Party, and was responsible for changing its name to the Social Democratic Party of Japan in 1996.
Upon becoming Prime Minister, he was Japan's first socialist leader in nearly fifty years.
He is most remembered today for his speech "On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the War's end", in which he publicly apologised for Imperial Japanese atrocities committed during World War II.
Of the ten living former Prime Minister of Japan, he is currently the oldest living prime minister, following the death of Yasuhiro Nakasone on 29 November 2019.