Sunao Sonoda
Sunao Sonoda | |
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園田 直 | |
Sonoda at Schiphol in July 1979 | |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 18 May 1981 – 30 November 1981 | |
| Prime Minister | Zenkō Suzuki |
| Preceded by | Masayoshi Ito |
| Succeeded by | Yoshio Sakurauchi |
| In office 28 November 1977 – 9 November 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Iichirō Hatoyama |
| Succeeded by | Saburo Okita |
| Minister of Health and Welfare | |
| In office 19 September 1980 – 18 May 1981 | |
| Prime Minister | Zenkō Suzuki |
| Preceded by | Kunikichi Saitō |
| Succeeded by | Tatsuo Murayama |
| In office 25 November 1967 – 30 November 1968 | |
| Prime Minister | Eisaku Satō |
| Preceded by | Hideo Bō |
| Succeeded by | Noboru Saitō |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | |
| In office 24 December 1976 – 28 November 1977 | |
| Prime Minister | Takeo Fukuda |
| Preceded by | Ichitaro Ide |
| Succeeded by | Shintaro Abe |
| Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 20 December 1965 – 25 November 1967 | |
| Monarch | Shōwa |
| Speaker | Kikuichirō Yamaguchi Kentarō Ayabe Mitsujirō Ishii |
| Preceded by | Isaji Tanaka |
| Succeeded by | Hisao Kodaira |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 26 April 1947 – 2 April 1984 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Multi-member district |
| Constituency | Kumamoto 2nd |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 December 1913 Amakusa, Kumamoto, Empire of Japan |
| Died | 2 April 1984 (aged 70) Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | LDP (1955–1984) |
| Other political affiliations | DP (1947–1950) NDP (1950–1952) Kaishintō (1952–1954) JDP (1954–1955) |
| Spouse | Tenkoko Sonoda |
| Children | Hiroyuki Sonoda |
| Alma mater | Osaka Dental University |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Japan |
| Branch | Imperial Japanese Army |
| Years of service | 1935–1945 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Battles / wars | Second Sino-Japanese War Second World War |
Sunao Sonoda (園田 直, Sonoda Sunao; 11 December 1913 – 2 April 1984) was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) who served as minister for foreign affairs and minister of health and welfare. He was called "flying foreign minister" due to his active diplomacy in increasing the role of Japan when he was in office. He was one of the significant figures in normalizing the relations between Japan and China.