Hideo Kodama

Hideo Kodama
兒玉 秀雄
Minister of Education
In office
10 February 1945 – 7 April 1945
Prime MinisterKuniaki Koiso
Preceded byHarushige Ninomiya
Succeeded byKōzō Ōta
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
16 January 1940 – 22 July 1940
Prime MinisterMitsumasa Yonai
Preceded byNaoshi Ohara
Succeeded byEiji Yasui
Minister of Communications
In office
10 February 1937 – 4 June 1937
Prime MinisterSenjūrō Hayashi
Preceded byTatsunosuke Yamazaki
Succeeded byRyūtarō Nagai
Minister of Colonial Affairs
In office
25 October 1934 – 9 March 1936
Prime MinisterKeisuke Okada
Preceded byKeisuke Okada
Succeeded byHidejirō Nagata
Chief of Political Affairs, Government-General of Korea
In office
4 April 1929 – 19 June 1931
Governor GeneralYamanashi Hanzō
Preceded byShirou Ikegami
Succeeded byImaida Kiyonori
Governor of the Kwantung Leased Territory
In office
26 September 1923 – 17 December 1927
MonarchsTaishō
Hirohito
Preceded byIjūin Hikokichi
Succeeded byKenjirō Kinoshita
Chief Cabinet Secretary
In office
9 October 1916 – 29 September 1918
Prime MinisterTerauchi Masatake
Preceded byTasuku Egi
Succeeded byMitsutake Takahashi
Member of the House of Peers
In office
15 February 1919 – 12 February 1946
In office
10 July 1911 – 10 July 1918
Hereditary peerage
Personal details
Born(1876-07-19)19 July 1876
Died7 April 1947(1947-04-07) (aged 70)
Resting placeTama Cemetery
PartyIndependent
Parent
RelativesKodama Kyūichi (brother)
Terauchi Masatake (father-in-law)
Hisaichi Terauchi (brother-in-law)
Alma materTokyo Imperial University
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Count Hideo Kodama (兒玉 秀雄, Kodama Hideo; 19 July 1876 – 7 April 1947), was a politician, and wartime cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan. He was the eldest son of famed Russo-Japanese War general Kodama Gentarō, and his wife was the daughter of Prime Minister Terauchi Masatake.