was a

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politician. In addition to being a

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member, he served as

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from 1992 to 1993 and Minister of Health and Welfare from 1982 to 1983.

Early life and education

Hayashi was born in 1927 and was from

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. His grandfather was a member of the House of Peers before

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. Hayashi was a graduate of

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Career

Hayashi was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He served at the House of Representatives, also known as Diet. He was first elected for the Diet in 1969. He served as health and welfare minister. In August 1989, he ran for the presidency of the LDP, but

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won the election, replacing Sousuke Uno in the post. As of 1990 Hayashi was part of the faction led by

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within the LDP. He was appointed finance minister in the cabinet led by

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Miyazawa on 12 December 1992. Hayashi replaced

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in the post. Hayashi's tenure ended on 9 August 1993 when

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became finance minister. Then he began to serve as the chairman of the Diet Members League for Sino-Japanese relations. As of 1998 he served as a special envoy of Prime Minister

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. In 2003 Hayashi ended his involvement in politics after serving at Diet ten times.

Personal life and death

Hayashi had a daughter and a son. His eldest son, Yoshimasa, is also a politician and held different cabinet posts. Hayashi died from

multiple organ failure Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) is altered organ function in an acutely ill patient requiring medical intervention to achieve homeostasis. Although Irwin and Rippe cautioned in 2005 that the use of "multiple organ failure" or "multisy ...

in Tokyo on 3 February 2017 at the age of 89.

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