Masaharu Gotōda

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 Minister	Kiichi Miyazawa
Preceded by	Michio Watanabe
Succeeded by	Tsutomu Hata
Prime Minister
Ministerial offices
Minister of Justice
	In office; 12 December 1992 – 9 August 1993
Prime Minister	Kiichi Miyazawa
Preceded by	Takashi Tawara
Succeeded by	Akira Mikazuki
Chief Cabinet Secretary
	In office; 28 December 1985 – 6 November 1987
Prime Minister	Yasuhiro Nakasone
Preceded by	Takao Fujinami
Succeeded by	Keizō Obuchi
	In office; 27 November 1982 – 27 December 1983
Prime Minister	Yasuhiro Nakasone
Preceded by	Kiichi Miyazawa
Succeeded by	Takao Fujinami
Director-General of the Management and Coordination Agency
	In office; 1 July 1984 – 28 December 1985
Prime Minister	Yasuhiro Nakasone
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Masumi Esaki
Director-General of the Administrative Management Agency
	In office; 27 December 1983 – 1 July 1984
Prime Minister	Yasuhiro Nakasone
Preceded by	Kunikichi Saitō
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Minister of Home Affairs
	In office; 9 November 1979 – 17 July 1980
Prime Minister	Masayoshi Ōhira
Preceded by	Naozō Shibuya
Succeeded by	Jirō Ishiba
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
	In office; 9 November 1979 – 17 July 1980
Prime Minister	Masayoshi Ōhira
Preceded by	Naozō Shibuya
Succeeded by	Jirō Ishiba
Director-General of the Hokkaido Development Agency
	In office; 9 November 1979 – 17 July 1980
Prime Minister	Masayoshi Ōhira
Preceded by	Naozō Shibuya
Succeeded by	Kenzaburo Hara
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary; (Administrative affairs)
	In office; 7 July 1972 – 25 November 1973
Prime Minister	Kakuei Tanaka
Preceded by	Kin'ichi Koike
Succeeded by	Hiromori Kawashima
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Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 10 December 1976 – 27 September 1996
Preceded by	Daisuke Akita
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Tokushima at-large
Commissioner General of the National Police Agency
	In office; 12 August 1969 – 24 June 1972
Preceded by	Hiroshi Arai
Succeeded by	Mikio Takahashi
Personal details
Born	9 August 1914; Yoshinogawa, Tokushima, Japan
Died	19 September 2005 (aged 91); Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan
Party	Liberal Democratic
Relatives	Masazumi Gotoda (great-nephew)
Alma mater	Tokyo Imperial University

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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.