Mitsujirō Ishii

Mitsujirō Ishii
石井 光次郎
Ishii in 1960
Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office
15 February 1967 – 16 July 1969
MonarchHirohito
DeputySunao Sonoda
Hisao Kodaira
Preceded byKentarō Ayabe
Succeeded byTakechiyo Matsuda
Minister of Justice
In office
3 June 1965 – 3 December 1966
Prime MinisterEisaku Satō
Preceded byHitoshi Takahashi
Succeeded byIsaji Tanaka
Minister of International Trade and Industry
In office
19 July 1960 – 8 December 1960
Prime MinisterHayato Ikeda
Preceded byHayato Ikeda
Succeeded byEtsusaburo Shiina
Director-General of the Administrative Management Agency
In office
10 July 1957 – 12 June 1958
Prime MinisterNobusuke Kishi
Preceded byTomejirō Ōkubo
Succeeded byKikuichirō Yamaguchi
Director-General of the Hokkaido Development Agency
In office
10 July 1957 – 12 June 1958
Prime MinisterNobusuke Kishi
Preceded byMorinosuke Kajima
Succeeded byKikuichirō Yamaguchi
Deputy Prime Minister of Japan
In office
20 May 1957 – 12 June 1958
Prime MinisterNobusuke Kishi
Preceded byMamoru Shigemitsu
Succeeded byShūji Masutani
Minister of Transport
In office
30 October 1952 – 10 December 1954
Prime MinisterShigeru Yoshida
Preceded byGiichi Murakami
Succeeded byTakeo Miki
Minister of Commerce and Industry
In office
31 January 1947 – 24 May 1947
Prime MinisterShigeru Yoshida
Preceded byNirō Hoshijima
Succeeded byTetsu Katayama (acting)
Chōsaburō Mizutani
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
1 October 1952 – 13 November 1972
Preceded byRyūno Kiichirō
Succeeded byTakato Inatomi
ConstituencyFukuoka 3rd
In office
11 April 1946 – 23 December 1948
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byRyūno Kiichirō
ConstituencyFukuoka 1st (1946–1947)
Fukuoka 3rd (1947–1948)
Personal details
Born(1889-08-18)18 August 1889
Died20 September 1981(1981-09-20) (aged 92)
Resting placeAoyama Cemetery
PartyLiberal Democratic
Other political
affiliations
JLP (1945–1948)
DLP (1948–1950)
LP (1950–1955)
Alma materKobe Higher Commercial School
Tokyo Higher Commercial School
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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.