宮澤喜一
He was appointed finance minister in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa on 12 December 1992. Hayashi replaced Tsutomu Hata in the post. Hayashi's tenure ended on 9 August 1993 when Hirohisa Fujii became finance minister. Then he began to serve as the chairman of the Diet Members League for Sino-Japanese relations. In 2003 he ended his involvement in politics after serving at Diet ten times.