Mitsujirō Ishii
Mitsujirō Ishii | |
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石井 光次郎 | |
Ishii in 1960 | |
| Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 15 February 1967 – 16 July 1969 | |
| Monarch | Shōwa |
| Deputy | Sunao Sonoda Hisao Kodaira |
| Preceded by | Kentarō Ayabe |
| Succeeded by | Takechiyo Matsuda |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 3 June 1965 – 3 December 1966 | |
| Prime Minister | Eisaku Satō |
| Preceded by | Hitoshi Takahashi |
| Succeeded by | Isaji Tanaka |
| Minister of International Trade and Industry | |
| In office 19 July 1960 – 8 December 1960 | |
| Prime Minister | Hayato Ikeda |
| Preceded by | Hayato Ikeda |
| Succeeded by | Etsusaburo Shiina |
| Director-General of the Administrative Management Agency | |
| In office 10 July 1957 – 12 June 1958 | |
| Prime Minister | Nobusuke Kishi |
| Preceded by | Tomejirō Ōkubo |
| Succeeded by | Kikuichirō Yamaguchi |
| Director-General of the Hokkaido Development Agency | |
| In office 10 July 1957 – 12 June 1958 | |
| Prime Minister | Nobusuke Kishi |
| Preceded by | Morinosuke Kajima |
| Succeeded by | Kikuichirō Yamaguchi |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Japan | |
| In office 20 May 1957 – 12 June 1958 | |
| Prime Minister | Nobusuke Kishi |
| Preceded by | Mamoru Shigemitsu |
| Succeeded by | Shūji Masutani |
| Minister of Transport | |
| In office 30 October 1952 – 10 December 1954 | |
| Prime Minister | Shigeru Yoshida |
| Preceded by | Giichi Murakami |
| Succeeded by | Takeo Miki |
| Minister of Commerce and Industry | |
| In office 31 January 1947 – 24 May 1947 | |
| Prime Minister | Shigeru Yoshida |
| Preceded by | Nirō Hoshijima |
| Succeeded by | Tetsu Katayama (acting) |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 1 October 1952 – 13 November 1972 | |
| Constituency | Fukuoka 3rd |
| In office 11 April 1946 – 24 May 1947 | |
| Preceded by | Multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Fukuoka 3rd |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 August 1889 Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan |
| Died | 20 September 1981 (aged 92) |
| Political party | LDP (1955–1981) |
| Other political affiliations | JLP (1945–1948) DLP (1948–1950) LP (1950–1955) |
| Alma mater | Kobe Higher Commercial School Tokyo Higher Commercial School |
Mitsujirō Ishii (石井 光次郎, Ishii Mitsujirō, 18 August 1889 – 20 September 1981) was a Japanese politician, cabinet minister, and Speaker of the House of Representatives. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1946 to 1947 and from 1952 to 1972. In 1955, he played a major role in the merger of Japan’s conservative parties into the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and, in 1956, led a delegation to meet Taiwan's Chiang Kai-shek. Ishii served as cabinet minister at numerous times, beginning with a stint as Minister of Commerce and Industry in 1947. He was Deputy Prime Minister of Japan from 1957 to 1958 and Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1967 to 1969.