Susumu Nikaidō

Susumu Nikaidō
二階堂 進
Vice President of the Liberal Democratic Party
In office
April 1984  July 1986
PresidentYasuhiro Nakasone
Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party
In office
November 1981  December 1983
PresidentZenkō Suzuki
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Preceded byYoshio Sakurauchi
Succeeded byRokusuke Tanaka
In office
November 1974  December 1974
PresidentKakuei Tanaka
Preceded byTomisaburo Hashimoto
Succeeded byYasuhiro Nakasone
Chief Cabinet Secretary
In office
7 July 1972  11 November 1974
Prime MinisterKakuei Tanaka
Preceded byNoboru Takeshita
Succeeded byNoboru Takeshita
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
11 April 1945 – 31 March 1947
23 January 1949 – 28 August 1952
27 February 1955  27 September 1996
ConstituencyKagoshima At-large → Kagoshima 3rd District
Personal details
Born(1909-10-16)October 16, 1909
Kagoshima, Japan
DiedFebruary 3, 2000(2000-02-03) (aged 90)
Tokyo, Japan
Alma materUniversity of Southern California

Susumu Nikaido (二階堂 進, Nikaidō Susumu; October 16, 1909 – February 3, 2000) was a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives and as Chief Cabinet Secretary from 1972 to 1974. He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and headed one of its most powerful factions in the 1980s.