Chikuhei Nakajima

Chikuhei Nakajima
中島 知久平
Nakajima in 1932
Minister of Commerce and Industry
In office
26 August 1945 – 9 October 1945
Prime MinisterNaruhiko Higashikuni
Preceded byHideki Tojo (1943)
Succeeded bySankurō Ogasawara
Minister of Munitions
In office
17 August 1945 – 26 August 1945
Prime MinisterNaruhiko Higashikuni
Preceded byTeijirō Toyoda
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Minister of Railways
In office
4 June 1937 – 9 January 1939
Prime MinisterFumimaro Konoe
Preceded byTakuo Godō
Succeeded byYonezō Maeda
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
21 February 1930 – 18 December 1945
Preceded byMutō Kinkichi
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyGunma 1st
Personal details
Born(1884-01-01)1 January 1884
Died29 October 1949(1949-10-29) (aged 65)
Resting placeTama Cemetery
PartyIRAA (1940–1945)
Other political
affiliations
Rikken Seiyūkai (1930–1940)
ChildrenGentarō Nakajima
RelativesYōjirō Nakajima (grandson)
Alma materNaval War College
Imperial Japanese Naval Academy
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Chikuhei Nakajima (中島 知久平, Nakajima Chikuhei; January 1, 1884 – October 29, 1949), was a Japanese businessman, naval engineer, naval officer, and politician who was most notable for having founded Nakajima Aircraft Company in 1917, a major supplier of airplanes in the Empire of Japan. He also served as a cabinet minister.