Takeshi Watanabe (other)
Takeshi Watanabe may refer to: *Takeshi Watanabe (bureaucrat) Viscount was a Japanese bureaucrat and the first President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He was in office from 24 November 1966 to 24 November 1972. Watanabe was born in Tokyo in 1906. His father was Chifuyu Watanabe, 2nd Viscount, and ... (1906–2010), first president of the Asian Development Bank * Takeshi Watanabe (footballer) (born 1972), a Japanese football player {{disambiguation ...
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Takeshi Watanabe (bureaucrat)
Viscount was a Japanese bureaucrat and the first President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He was in office from 24 November 1966 to 24 November 1972. Watanabe was born in Tokyo in 1906. His father was Chifuyu Watanabe, 2nd Viscount, and his grandfather was Chiaki Watanabe, 1st Earl, who served as the Minister of the Imperial Household. He was first educated at Gakushuin and then went on to study at the First Higher School. He graduated from the University of Tokyo with a degree in law in 1930. Upon graduation, he started working for the Ministry of Finance, where one of his colleagues was Takeo Fukuda, who later became prime minister. Together with Hayato Ikeda, Minister of Finance, and Kiichi Miyazawa, his secretary—both of whom later became prime ministers—he played a central role in negotiating with the Allied Occupation Force about the economic policies and finances of occupied Japan. Watanabe was considered to be the "father" of ADB, as it was under his ...
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