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Toyota Announces Top-management Lineup


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Tokyo, Feb 24, 2009; TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) adds the names of nominees for the positions of executive vice president to the list of executive nominees for the positions of president and higher, which TMC announced on January 20, 2009.

The list of executive nominees for the positions of executive vice president and higher, intended to be officially finalized at a board of directors meeting following this year's annual general shareholders meeting in June, is as described below.

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  Name                      New title                      Current title
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Fujio Cho                   Chairman                          Chairman
                    and representative director     and representative director
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Katsuaki Watanabe*       Vice chairman                        President
                    and representative director     and representative director
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Kazuo Okamoto            Vice chairman                      Vice chairman
                    and representative director     and representative director
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Akio Toyoda*               President                 Executive vice president
                    and representative director     and representative director
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Takeshi Uchiyamada   Executive vice president        Executive vice president
                    and representative director     and representative director
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Yukitoshi Funo*      Executive vice president        Senior managing director 
                    and representative director 
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Atsushi Niimi*       Executive vice president        Senior managing director 
                    and representative director
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Shinichi Sasaki*     Executive vice president        Senior managing director 
                    and representative director
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Yoichiro Ichimaru*   Executive vice president        Senior managing director 
                    and representative director
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Asterisk indicates promotion 

To following executive vice presidents are scheduled to retire on the same 
day as this year's ordinary general shareholders meeting in June:
Name
Kyoji Sasazu 
Mitsuo Kinoshita 
Masatami Takimoto