Toranosuke Takeshita

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Toranosuke Takeshita (竹下 虎之助, Takeshita Toranosuke, August 6, 1924 – December 16, 2008) was the Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture from 1981 to 1993.[1]

In August 1990, while participating in a symposium in Hiroshima, publicly called on Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to visit Hiroshima [1].

References[edit]

  1. ^ Zwigenberg, Ran (September 15, 2014). Hiroshima. Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 9781107071278.
Preceded by Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture
1981–1993
Succeeded by