Notice regarding Passing of Senior Advisor Osamu Suzuki

Suzuki Motor Corporation announces that Mr. Osamu Suzuki, Senior Advisor of the Company has passed away on 25 December 2024. He is a man whose life and work have left a deep mark not only in Japan, but also worldwide, including Hungary. Osamu Suzuki defined the global success of the Suzuki Group for decades, and he personally contributed to the restart of car production in Hungary in 1991 after half a century, furthermore to the development of the city Esztergom and to Magyar Suzuki's role in the Hungarian economy.

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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:
March 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
March 2007 – Padma Bhushan, India
March 2020 – Grand Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit, Hungary