Ryūtarō Nagai

Ryūtarō Nagai
永井 柳太郎
Nagai in 1929
Minister of Communications
In office
30 August 1939 – 16 January 1940
Prime MinisterNobuyuki Abe
Preceded byHarumichi Tanabe
Succeeded byMasanori Katsu
In office
4 June 1937 – 5 January 1939
Prime MinisterFumimaro Konoe
Preceded byHideo Kodama
Succeeded bySuehiko Shiono
Minister of Railways
In office
30 August 1939 – 29 November 1939
Prime MinisterNobuyuki Abe
Preceded byYonezō Maeda
Succeeded byHidejirō Nagata
Minister of Colonial Affairs
In office
26 May 1932 – 8 July 1934
Prime MinisterSaitō Makoto
Preceded byToyosuke Hata
Succeeded byKeisuke Okada
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
10 May 1920 – 4 December 1944
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byConstituency abolished (1945)
ConstituencySingle-member Ishikawa 1st (1920–1928)
Multi-member Ishikawa 1st (1928–1944)
Personal details
Born(1881-04-16)16 April 1881
Died4 December 1944(1944-12-04) (aged 63)
PartyIRAA (1940–1944)
Other political
affiliations
Kenseikai (1917–1927)
Rikken Minseitō (1927–1940)
ChildrenMichio Nagai
RelativesMuneaki Samejima (grandson)
Alma materWaseda University
University of Oxford
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Ryūtarō Nagai (永井 柳太郎, Nagai Ryūtarō; 16 April 1881 – 4 December 1944) was a politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan, serving a member of the Lower House of the Diet of Japan eight times, and four as a cabinet minister. He was noted in his early political career as a champion of universal suffrage, social welfare, labor unions, women's rights and Pan-Asianism.