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, he publicly called on Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to visit the city.[2]

References

  1. ^ Zwigenberg, Ran (15 September 2014). Hiroshima. Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 9781107071278.
  2. ^ "In expectation of President Gorbachev's first visit to Hiroshima". Archived from the original on 28 April 2005. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
Preceded by Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture
1981–1993
Succeeded by


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