Yasushi Mieno
The 26th Governor of the Bank of Japan (1924–2012)1
Yasushi Mieno (三重野 康, Mieno Yasushi; March 17, 1924 – April 15, 2012) was a Japanese businessman, central banker, the 26th Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and a Director of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).2
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Born Mar 17, 1924, died Apr 15, 2012.1
Companies
- Bank of JapanChair Dec 17, 1989 to Dec 16, 199410
Early life and education
- Date not recordedUniversity of Tokyo3
Mieno was born in Ōita.
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Career
Occupation: banker.6
- 1989 to 1994Governor of the Bank of Japan4
- 1989 to 1994Chair, Bank of Japan5
From April 1975 through February 1978, Mieno was head of the BOJ banking department.
Mieno was BOJ Governor from December 17, 1989, to December 16, 1994, having previously served as Deputy Governor from 1984 to 1989. Starting a week after his appointment, from late December 1989 until August 1990, BOJ heavily increased interest rates. Soon the Japanese asset price bubble of the 1980s collapsed.
In 1994, he was an elected member of the BIS Board of Directors.
On April 15, 2012, Mieno died from heart failure in a Tokyo hospital.
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Personal life
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- 1WikidataYasushi Mieno on Wikidata
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- 10WikidataBank of Japan, Chair