Iwao Yamazaki

Iwao Yamazaki
山崎 巌
Minister for Home Affairs
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
In office
19 July 1960  13 October 1960
Prime MinisterHayato Ikeda
Preceded byKanichiro Ishihara
Succeeded byHideo Shuto
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
17 August 1945  9 October 1945
Prime MinisterNaruhiko Higashikuni
Preceded byGenki Abe
Succeeded byZenjirō Horikiri
Personal details
Born(1894-09-16)September 16, 1894
Ōkawa, Fukuoka, Japan
DiedJune 26, 1968(1968-06-26) (aged 73)
Alma materTokyo Imperial University

Iwao Yamazaki (山崎巌, Yamazaki Iwao; 16 September 1894 – 26 June 1968) was a lawyer, politician and cabinet minister in the early Shōwa period of Japan. His brother, Tatsunosuke Yamazaki was also a politician and cabinet minister, and his nephew Heihachiro Yamazaki was later a prominent member of the post-war Liberal-Democratic Party.