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Eikichi Araki

{{short description|Japanese businessman and central banker}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Eikichi Araki

|native_name = {{nobold|新木 栄吉}}

|native_name_lang = ja

|image = Eikichi Araki BOJ17and19.jpg

|caption =

|office = 17th & 19th Governor of the Bank of Japan

|term_start = October 1945

|term_end = June 1946

|primeminister = Kijuro Shidehara
Shigeru Yoshida

|predecessor = Keizo Shibusawa

|successor = Hisato Ichimada

|term_start1 = December 1954

|term_end1 = November 1956

| primeminister1 = Ichiro Hatoyama

|predecessor1 = Hisato Ichimada

|successor1 = Masamichi Yamagiwa

|office2 = Japanese Ambassador to the United States

|term_start2 = June 1952

|term_end2 = December 1953

|predecessor2 = Occupation of Japan

|successor2 = Sadao Iguchi

|birth_date = {{birth date|1891|4|24}}

|birth_place = Ishikawa, Japan

|death_date = {{death date and age|1959|2|1|1891|4|21}}

|death_place =

|alma_mater = Tokyo Imperial University

}}

{{nihongo|Eikichi Araki|新木 栄吉|Araki Eikichi|April 24, 1891 – February 1, 1959}} was a Japanese businessman and a central banker. He was the 17th and 19th Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ).

Early life

Araki was born in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.Bank of Japan (BOJ), [http://www.boj.or.jp/en/about/outline/history/pre_gov/sousai17.htm/ 17th and 19th Governor]

Career

Araki was Governor of the Bank of Japan from October 9, 1945 to June 1, 1946 and again from December 11, 1954 to November 30, 1956.BOJ, [http://www.boj.or.jp/en/about/outline/history/pre_gov/index.htm/ List of Governors]; Werner, Richard A. (2003). {{Google books|bHLC7VOc9JoC|Princes of the Yen: Japan's Central Bankers and the Transformation of the Economy, p. 147|page=147}} He also served as the Japanese Ambassador to the United States from 1952 until 1953.

Notes

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References

  • Werner, Richard A. (2003). Princes of the Yen: Japan's Central Bankers and the Transformation of the Economy. Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe. {{ISBN|978-0-7656-1048-5}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/471605161 OCLC 471605161]

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{{s-bef|before=Keizo Shibusawa}}

{{s-ttl|title=Governor of the Bank of Japan
(1st term)|years=1945–1946}}

{{s-aft|after=Hisato Ichimada}}

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{{s-bef|before=Hisato Ichimada}}

{{s-ttl|title=Governor of the Bank of Japan
(2nd term)|years=1954–1956}}

{{s-aft|after=Masamichi Yamagiwa}}

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{{s-non|reason=Occupation of Japan}}

{{s-ttl|title=Japanese Ambassador to the United States|years=1952–1953}}

{{s-aft|after=Sadao Iguchi}}

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Category:1891 births

Category:1959 deaths

Category:Governors of the Bank of Japan

Category:People from Ishikawa Prefecture

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