was a

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politician. He served as

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of Japan from 1978 to 1979.

Career

Kaneko was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and part of the Ikeda faction led by

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. Kaneko was the chairman of the LDP's tax system research council. He ran for

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seat in the 1960 general election as a member of the Ikeda faction. He worked at the ministry of finance as bureaucrat and had experience on tax policy. He served as the head of the Osaka Tax Bureau until 1978. He was appointed minister of finance in the Masayoshi Ohira's cabinet on 8 December 1978, replacing Tatsuo Murayama in the post. Kaneko was in office until 8 November 1979. He was part of the faction led by Masayoshi Ohira in the LDP during this period. Then Kaneko served as the director of the Economic Planning Agency (EPA) in the mid-1980s.

Personal life

Kaneko's eldest son

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is also a politician and held different cabinet portfolios, including transport minister.

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, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaneko, Ippei 20th-century Japanese politicians 1913 births 1989 deaths Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Ministers of Finance of Japan Politicians from Gifu Prefecture