Kenji Fukunaga

Kenji Fukunaga
福永 健司
Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office
26 December 1983  24 January 1985
Preceded byHajime Fukuda
Succeeded byMichita Sakata
Minister of Transport
In office
28 November 1977  7 December 1978
Prime MinisterTakeo Fukuda
Preceded byHajime Tamura
Succeeded byKinji Moriyama
Minister of Health and Welfare
In office
11 November 1974  9 December 1974
Prime MinisterKakuei Tanaka
Preceded byKunikichi Saito
Succeeded byMasami Tanaka
Chief Cabinet Secretary
In office
3 December 1966  22 June 1967
Prime MinisterEisaku Satō
Preceded byKiichi Aichi
Succeeded byToshio Kimura
Minister of Labour
In office
18 July 1961  18 July 1962
Prime MinisterHayato Ikeda
Preceded byHirohide Ishida
Succeeded byTakeo Ōhashi
Chief Cabinet Secretary
In office
24 March 1953  10 December 1954
Prime MinisterShigeru Yoshida
Preceded byTaketora Ogata
Succeeded byRyūtaro Nemoto
Personal details
Born(1910-08-05)August 5, 1910
Koka, Shiga, Japan
DiedMay 31, 1988(1988-05-31) (aged 77)
Alma materTokyo Imperial University

Kenji Fukunaga (福永 健司, Fukunaga Kenji; 5 August 1910 31 May 1988) was a Japanese politician who was Chief Cabinet Secretary on four separate occasions, and, as well as serving in various other cabinet positions, was also appointed as Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan. He was also seen as an influential voice within the Liberal Democratic Party.