Shinji Yoshino

Shinji Yoshino
吉野 信次
Yoshino in 1956
Minister of Transport
In office
22 November 1955 – 23 December 1956
Prime MinisterIchirō Hatoyama
Preceded byTakeo Miki
Succeeded byTaneo Miyazawa
Minister of Commerce and Industry
In office
4 June 1937 – 26 May 1938
Prime MinisterFumimaro Konoe
Preceded byTakuo Godō
Succeeded byShigeaki Ikeda
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
2 May 1953 – 1 June 1959
Preceded byTakeo Sai
Succeeded byHisayoshi Muramatsu
ConstituencyMiyagi at-large
Member of the House of Peers
In office
9 December 1938 – 16 February 1946
Nominated by the Emperor
Governor of Aichi Prefecture
In office
1 July 1943 – 21 April 1945
MonarchHirohito
Preceded byChiyoji Yukisawa
Succeeded byTadayoshi Obata
Personal details
Born(1888-09-17)17 September 1888
Died5 May 1971(1971-05-05) (aged 82)
PartyLiberal Democratic
Other political
affiliations
Independent (1937–1950)
Liberal (1950–1955)
Alma materTokyo Imperial University
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Shinji Yoshino (吉野 信次, Yoshino Shinji; 17 September 1888 – 5 May 1971) was a bureaucrat, politician, and cabinet minister in the government of the pre-war Empire of Japan, as well as in post-war Japan. He was the younger brother of political theorist Sakuzō Yoshino, a major proponent of Taishō democracy.