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Secretary-General Of The Liberal Democratic Party
The is a high-ranking position within the Japanese conservative party, the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party. According to the LDP constitution, the secretary-general assists the President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), party president in their duties. As the LDP vice president is a largely ceremonial position, the secretary-general is ''de facto'' the second-most-powerful person in the party. The secretary-general is authorized to raise political donations and controls the party finances. The secretary-general holds the final authority over the list of LDP-backed candidates for the National Diet elections. The secretary-general oversees the LDP Diet Affairs Committee, responsible for steering party-supported bills through both chambers of the Diet, and appoints its chairman. The secretary-general also oversees key LDP organizations such as the personnel, treasury, information research and international bureaus. The secretary-general is appoin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshi Moriyama
is a Japanese politician who has served as Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party since 2024. He previously served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from 2015 to 2016. He was a member of the House of Councillors from 1998 to 2004 and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2004. A native of Kagoshima Prefecture, Moriyama served for many years on the Kagoshima City Council before entering national politics. Early life Hiroshi Moriyama was born on April 8, 1945, in an air raid shelter in Kanoya, in Kagoshima Prefecture, due to allied air raids. His family ran a farm and a newsstand. As a boy, Moriyama worked as a paper boy for his family's newsstand, delivering newspapers on his bicycle everyday before school. After graduating from junior high school he began to work in the automotive industry while attending high school part-time. He graduated in 1965. In 1969, Moriyama started a used car dealership. Political career He entered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shūji Masutani
Shūji Masutani (益谷秀次; 17 January 1888–18 August 1973) was a Japanese jurist and politician who was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He served at the House of Representatives for a long time. Biography Masutani was born in Ushitsu Town, Ishikawa Prefecture, on 17 January 1888. He was a graduate of both the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University. Masutani joined the Liberal Democratic Party in the 1920s. He was part of the factions led by Shigeru Yoshida and then by Hayato Ikeda. Masutani served as the chairman of the executive board of the party between 1950 and 1952. He was elected to the House of Representatives many times. Masutani held various posts, including secretary to the president of the board of census, parliamentary vice minister of foreign affairs and construction minister under Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida. In 1951 he was appointed state minister to the cabinet led by Shigeru Yoshida, but he was soon dropped from the office. Between 1955 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susumu Nikaido 1966
Susumu is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *Susumu Akagi (born 1972) Japanese voice actor * Susumu Aoyagi (青柳 進, born 1968), Japanese baseball player *Susumu Chiba (born 1970), Japanese voice actor *, Japanese bobsledder *Susumu Fujita (1912–1991), Japanese actor * Susumu Fukui (born 1947), Japanese Go player *Susumu Hani (born 1928), Japanese film director *, Japanese ice hockey player *Susumu Hirasawa (born 1954), Japanese progressive-electronic artist * Susumu Ishii (1924–1991), Japanese criminal *, Japanese urologist *Susumu Kajiyama (born around 1950), Japanese criminal * Susumu Katsumata (other), multiple people * Susumu Kitagawa (born 1951), Japanese chemist *, Japanese sport shooter * Susumu Kuno (born 1933), Japanese linguist and author *Susumu Kurobe (born 1939), Japanese actor * Susumu Matsushima (born 1913), Japanese photographer *Susumu Matsushita (born 1950), Japanese manga artist. *Susumu Mochizuki (born 1978), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susumu Nikaidō
was a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives and as Chief Cabinet Secretary from 1972 to 1974. He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and headed one of its most powerful factions in the 1980s. Early life Nikaidō was born in Kagoshima Prefecture. He moved to the United States in 1932, and graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in political science. He remained in the United States until August 1941, when he returned to Japan on the '' Tatsuta Maru''. During World War II, he worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as a non-combatant in the Imperial Japanese Navy. Political career Nikaidō unsuccessfully ran as an opposition candidate for the House of Representatives in the 1942 general election. Following the war, he was involved in the formation of the Japan Cooperative Party (1945) and National Cooperative Party (1947). He won his first elected seat in the House of Representatives in the country's first p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hori Shigeru (cropped)
Hori may refer to: People in Ancient Egypt *Sewadjkare Hori, late 13th dynasty Pharaoh, also known as Hori II * Hori (High Priest of Osiris) Son of Wennenufer and High Priest of Osiris during the reign of Ramesses II (19th dynasty) * Hori I (High Priest of Ptah), a High Priest of Ptah at the very end of the reign of Ramesses II * Hori (high priest), a High Priest of Anhur during the reign of Ramesses II * Hori II (vizier), a Vizier during the 19th and 20th dynasties of Ancient Egypt * Hori I (Viceroy of Kush), a Viceroy of Kush under Siptah * Hori II (Viceroy of Kush), a son of Hori I who also served as Viceroy of Kush *Hori, an ancient Egyptian author who wrote Papyrus Anastasi I Other people and fictional characters * Hori (surname), a Japanese surname, including a list of people and fictional characters *Hori (entertainer) (Hirohito Hori (堀 裕人), born 1977), Japanese impressionist *Hori, a fictional character from the novel Godaan by Premchand Places *Höri, a municipali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shigeru Hori
was a prominent Japanese politician who served in various cabinet positions, including Chief Cabinet Secretary, and was also Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan. He was also the founder of the Liberal Party, and later served in senior positions in the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan. Early life Hori was born on 20 December 1901, in Karatsu, Saga. He graduated from Chuo University in 1924. Career Following a career as a journalist at Hochi Shimbun and Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun, Hori was elected to the House of Representatives of Japan in 1944. While he was put into custody following Japan's defeat, he was released and duly returned to political life, becoming Secretary General of the Democratic Party. In 1950, Hori masterminded the union of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Liberal Party, resulting in the birth of the Liberal Party. In the same year, Hori was appointed by Shigeru Yoshida as Minister of Labour, and also later served under Yoshida as Chie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunma 3rd District (1947–93)
is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It is located in south-eastern Gunma and consists of Ota, Tatebayashi and Ōra County. Areas covered Current district As of 24 January 2023, the areas covered by this district are as follows: * Ōta * Tatebayashi * Ōra District As part of the 2022 redistricting, the rest of Ota was transferred back to the district from the 2nd district. Areas 2013–2022 From the first redistricting in 2013, until the second redistricting in 2022, the areas covered by this district were as follows: * Ōta (excluding Yabuzukahon, Ojima and Nitta) * Tatebayashi * Ōra District As part of the 2013 redistricting, the areas of Yabuzukahon, Ojima and Nitta were transferred to the 2nd district. Areas from before 2013 From the creation of the district in 1994, until the first redistricting in 2013, the areas covered by this district were as follows: * Ōta * Tatebayashi * Nitta Distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kakuei Tanaka
was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan, prime minister of Japan from 1972 to 1974. Known for his background in construction and earthy and tenacious political style, Tanaka is the only modern Japanese prime minister who did not finish high school or graduate from a university. Born in Niigata Prefecture to a poor farmer, Tanaka left school at age 14. He later received an engineering education and founded his own construction company in 1936. In 1940, he was drafted into the army and served in Manchuria until 1941; during the Pacific War, he made a fortune from government contracts. After the war, Tanaka was first elected to the National Diet in 1947. He joined the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party on its foundation in 1955, and held a series of cabinet positions, including posts and telecommunications minister from 1957 to 1958, finance minister from 1962 to 1965, and international trade and industry minister from 1971 to 1972. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eisaku Satō
was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1964 to 1972. He is the third longest-serving Japanese prime minister, and is ranked second by longest uninterrupted service. Satō is best remembered for securing the return of Okinawa in 1972, and for winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1974, which stirred controversy. He was a former elite bureaucrat like his elder brother Nobusuke Kishi and a member of the Yoshida school like Hayato Ikeda. Born in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Satō was a member of the Satō–Kishi–Abe family and the younger brother of prime minister Nobusuke Kishi. Satō graduated from Tokyo Imperial University in 1924 and joined the Ministry of Railways. After the war, he entered the National Diet in 1949 as a member of the Liberal Party, and served in a series of cabinet positions under Shigeru Yoshida, including posts and telecommunications minister from 1951 to 1952, construction minister from 1952 to 1953, and chief cabinet secretary fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
