Susumu Nikaidō

Susumu Nikaidō
二階堂 進
Nikaidō in 1966
Vice President of the Liberal Democratic Party
In office
April 1984 – July 1986
PresidentYasuhiro Nakasone
Secretary-GeneralRokusuke Tanaka
Shin Kanemaru
Preceded byEiichi Nishimura (1980)
Succeeded byShin Kanemaru (1992)
Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party
In office
November 1981 – December 1983
PresidentZenkō Suzuki
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Preceded byYoshio Sakurauchi
Succeeded byRokusuke Tanaka
In office
November 1974 – December 1974
PresidentKakuei Tanaka
Vice PresidentEtsusaburo Shiina
Preceded byTomisaburo Hashimoto
Succeeded byYasuhiro Nakasone
Chief Cabinet Secretary
In office
7 July 1972 – 11 November 1974
Prime MinisterKakuei Tanaka
Preceded byNoboru Takeshita
Succeeded byNoboru Takeshita
Director-General of the Hokkaido Development Agency
In office
3 December 1966 – 25 November 1967
Prime MinisterEisaku Satō
Preceded byShigesaburō Maeo
Succeeded byTakeo Kimura
Director-General of the Science and Technology Agency
In office
3 December 1966 – 25 November 1967
Prime MinisterEisaku Satō
Preceded byKiichi Arita
Succeeded byNaotsugu Nabeshima
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
27 February 1955 – 27 September 1996
Preceded byRyōkichi Nagata
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyKagoshima 3rd
In office
23 January 1949 – 28 August 1952
Preceded byKin'emon Matoba
Succeeded byRyōkichi Nagata
ConstituencyKagoshima 3rd
In office
11 April 1946 – 31 March 1947
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byMulti-member district
ConstituencyKagoshima at-large
Personal details
Born(1909-10-16)16 October 1909
Died3 February 2000(2000-02-03) (aged 90)
PartyLiberal Democratic
Other political
affiliations
JCP (1945–1946)
CDP (1946–1947)
NCP (1947–1958)
DLP (1948–1950)
LP (1950–1955)
Alma materUniversity of Southern California
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Susumu Nikaido (二階堂 進, Nikaidō Susumu; October 16, 1909 – February 3, 2000) was a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives and as Chief Cabinet Secretary from 1972 to 1974. He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and headed one of its most powerful factions in the 1980s.