Masaharu Gotōda

Masaharu Gotōda
後藤田 正晴
Gotōda in 1992
Deputy Prime Minister of Japan
In office
8 April 1993 – 9 August 1993
Prime MinisterKiichi Miyazawa
Preceded byMichio Watanabe
Succeeded byTsutomu Hata
Minister of Justice
In office
12 December 1992 – 9 August 1993
Prime MinisterKiichi Miyazawa
Preceded byTakashi Tawara
Succeeded byAkira Mikazuki
Ministerial offices
Chief Cabinet Secretary
In office
28 December 1985 – 6 November 1987
Prime MinisterYasuhiro Nakasone
Preceded byTakao Fujinami
Succeeded byKeizō Obuchi
In office
27 November 1982 – 27 December 1983
Prime MinisterYasuhiro Nakasone
Preceded byKiichi Miyazawa
Succeeded byTakao Fujinami
Director-General of the Management and Coordination Agency
In office
1 July 1984 – 28 December 1985
Prime MinisterYasuhiro Nakasone
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byMasumi Esaki
Director-General of the Administrative Management Agency
In office
27 December 1983 – 1 July 1984
Prime MinisterYasuhiro Nakasone
Preceded byKunikichi Saitō
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
9 November 1979 – 17 July 1980
Prime MinisterMasayoshi Ōhira
Preceded byNaozō Shibuya
Succeeded byJirō Ishiba
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
In office
9 November 1979 – 17 July 1980
Prime MinisterMasayoshi Ōhira
Preceded byNaozō Shibuya
Succeeded byJirō Ishiba
Director-General of the Hokkaido Development Agency
In office
9 November 1979 – 17 July 1980
Prime MinisterMasayoshi Ōhira
Preceded byNaozō Shibuya
Succeeded byKenzaburo Hara
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
(Administrative affairs)
In office
7 July 1972 – 25 November 1973
Prime MinisterKakuei Tanaka
Preceded byKin'ichi Koike
Succeeded byHiromori Kawashima
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
10 December 1976 – 27 September 1996
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyTokushima at-large
Commissioner General of the National Police Agency
In office
12 August 1969 – 24 June 1972
Preceded byHiroshi Arai
Succeeded byMikio Takahashi
Personal details
Born(1914-08-09)9 August 1914
Yoshinogawa, Tokushima, Japan
Died19 September 2005(2005-09-19) (aged 91)
Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
RelativesMasazumi Gotoda (great-nephew)
Alma materTokyo Imperial University

Masaharu Gotōda (後藤田 正晴, Gotoda Masaharu, 9 August 1914 – 19 September 2005) was a Japanese bureaucrat and politician of the Liberal Democratic Party who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Japan in 1993. He also several in several other cabinet positions such as Chief Cabinet Secretary from 1982 to 1983 and 1985 to 1987 under Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone and Minister of Justice from 1992 to 1993 under Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa.

Before becoming a politician Gotōda served as Commissioner General of the National Police Agency from 1969 to 1972 and Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary from 1972 to 1973.

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