Masa Nakayama

Masa Nakayama
中山 マサ
Masa Nakayama in 1952
Minister of Health and Welfare
In office
19 July 1960  8 December 1960
Prime MinisterHayato Ikeda
Preceded byYoshio Watanabe
Succeeded byKimi Furui
ConstituencyOsaka Prefecture, 2nd district
Personal details
Born
Masa Iida-Powers

(1891-01-19)January 19, 1891
Nagasaki, Japan
DiedOctober 11, 1976(1976-10-11) (aged 85)
Osaka, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party
SpouseFukuzō Nakayama
ChildrenTaro Nakayama
Masaaki Nakayama
Alma materOhio Wesleyan University

Masa Nakayama (中山 マサ, Nakayama Masa; January 19, 1891 – October 11, 1976) was a Japanese politician and educator who was the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of Japan when she became Minister of Health and Welfare in 1960.