Ichirō Kōno
Ichirō Kōno | |
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河野 一郎 | |
Ichirō Kōno in 1953 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympics | |
| In office 18 July 1964 – 8 July 1965 | |
| Prime Minister | Hayato Ikeda Eisaku Satō |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Minister of Construction | |
| In office 18 July 1962 – 18 July 1964 | |
| Prime Minister | Hayato Ikeda |
| Preceded by | Umekichi Nakamura |
| Succeeded by | Osanori Koyama |
| Minister of Agriculture and Forestry | |
| In office 18 July 1961 – 18 July 1962 | |
| Prime Minister | Hayato Ikeda |
| Preceded by | Hideyo Sutō |
| Succeeded by | Seishi Shigemasa |
| Director General of the Economic Planning Agency | |
| In office 10 July 1957 – 12 June 1958 | |
| Prime Minister | Nobusuke Kishi |
| Preceded by | Kōichi Uda |
| Succeeded by | Takeo Miki |
| Director General of the Administrative Management Agency | |
| In office 22 November 1955 – 23 December 1956 | |
| Prime Minister | Ichirō Hatoyama |
| Preceded by | Shōjirō Kawashima |
| Succeeded by | Tomejirō Ōkubo |
| Minister of Agriculture and Forestry | |
| In office 10 December 1954 – 23 December 1956 | |
| Prime Minister | Ichirō Hatoyama |
| Preceded by | Shigeru Hori |
| Succeeded by | Ichitarō Ide |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 June 1898 Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Died | 8 July 1965 (aged 67) |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party of Japan |
| Children | Yōhei Kōno |
| Alma mater | Waseda University |
Ichirō Kōno (河野 一郎, Kōno Ichirō; June 2, 1898 – July 8, 1965) was a Japanese politician during the postwar period who served as Deputy Prime Minister and a member of the National Diet. As Deputy Prime Minister, he was in charge of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. In the 1950s and 1960s, he was the head of the powerful "Kōno Faction" within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Kōno aspired to become prime minister, but although he held a large number of important party and cabinet positions, reflecting his power and influence, he was not able to rise to the premiership before his death in 1965.
Elected to represent a portion of Kanagawa Prefecture, Kōno also exercised a powerful influence over his home prefecture, to such an extent that Kanagawa came to be nicknamed "Kōno Kingdom" (河野王国, Kōno ōkoku).