Seiichi Katsumata

Seiichi Katsumata
勝間田 清一
Katsumata in 1953
Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office
26 December 1983 – 2 June 1986
SpeakerKenji Fukunaga
Michita Sakata
Preceded byHaruo Okada
Succeeded byShinnen Tagaya
Chairman of the Japan Socialist Party
In office
19 August 1967 – 4 October 1968
Preceded byKōzō Sasaki
Succeeded byTomomi Narita
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
8 October 1979 – 2 June 1986
Preceded byYoshio Watanabe
Succeeded byHideyuki Maejima
ConstituencyShizuoka 2nd
In office
26 April 1947 – 9 December 1976
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byYoshio Watanabe
ConstituencyShizuoka 2nd
Personal details
Born(1908-02-11)11 February 1908
Died14 December 1989(1989-12-14) (aged 81)
PartySocialist
Other political
affiliations
LSP (1951–1955)
Alma materKyoto Imperial University
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Seiichi Katsumata (勝間田 清一, Katsumata Seiichi; 11 February 1908 – 14 December 1989) was a Japanese politician who briefly served as the Chairman of the Japan Socialist Party from 1967 until 1968. He also served in a few other positions, such as Chairman of Policy Deliberation, Diet Committee Chairman, House of Representatives Vice-Chairman. He was also known to be a spy for the Soviet Union.