Suzuki Motor Corporation announces that Mr. Osamu Suzuki, Senior Advisor of the Company has passed away on 25 December 2024.

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Name: Osamu Suzuki
Born on 30 January 1930 (age at death: 94)

Birthplace: Gero City, Gifu Prefecture

Time and date of death: 3:53 PM on Wednesday, 25 December 2024

Cause of death: Malignant lymphoma

Bereaved: Toshihiro Suzuki (eldest son)

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Name: Osamu Suzuki

Date of Birth: 30 January 1930

Residence: Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture (Birthplace: Gifu Prefecture)

Final Education: Mar. 1953 Graduated from the Faculty of Law, Chuo University

Job History:
Apr. 1958 Joined Suzuki Motor Co., Ltd.
Nov. 1963 Appointed as Director
Dec. 1967 Appointed as Director and Managing Director
Nov. 1973 Appointed as Director and Senior Managing Director
June 1978 Appointed as Director and President
Oct. 1990 Company name changed to Suzuki Motor Corporation
June 2000 Appointed as Director and Chairman
Dec. 2008 Appointed as Director and Chairman and President
June 2015 Appointed as Director and Chairman
June 2021 Appointed as Senior Advisor

Awards:
Mar. 1985 Sitara-e-Pakistan award, Pakistan
Nov. 1987 Medal with Blue Ribbon, Japan
May 1993 Commander’s Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit, Hungary
May 2000 The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star, Japan
Nov. 2002 Inducted into a Hall of Fame of Japan Automobile Hall of Fame
May 2004 Commander’s Cross with the Star of the Hungarian Order of Merit, Hungary
Mar. 2007 Padma Bhushan, India
Mar. 2020 Grand Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit, Hungary