Taketora Ogata

Taketora Ogata
緒方 竹虎
Director-General of the Hokkaido Development Agency
In office
27 July 1954 – 10 December 1954
Prime MinisterShigeru Yoshida
Preceded byBanboku Ōno
Succeeded byHideyuki Miyoshi
Deputy Prime Minister of Japan
In office
28 November 1952 – 10 December 1954
Prime MinisterShigeru Yoshida
Preceded byJōji Hayashi (1951)
Succeeded byMamoru Shigemitsu
Chief Cabinet Secretary
In office
30 October 1952 – 24 March 1953
Prime MinisterShigeru Yoshida
Preceded byShigeru Hori
Succeeded byKenji Fukunaga
In office
15 August 1945 – 5 October 1945
Prime MinisterNaruhiko Higashikuni
Preceded byHisatsune Sakomizu
Succeeded byDaisaburō Tsugita
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
2 October 1952 – 28 January 1956
Preceded byGorō Morishima
Succeeded byTsuneo Kangyū
ConstituencyFukuoka 1st
Member of the House of Peers
In office
15 August 1945 – 11 January 1946
Nominated by the Emperor
Personal details
Born(1888-01-30)30 January 1888
Died28 January 1956(1956-01-28) (aged 67)
PartyLDP (1955–1956)
Other political
affiliations
IRAA (1940–1945)
LP (1950–1955)
ChildrenShijuro Ogata
EducationFukuoka Prefectural Shuyukan High School
Alma materWaseda University
Tokyo University of Commerce
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Taketora Ogata (緒方 竹虎, Ogata Taketora; 30 January 1888 – 28 January 1956) was a Japanese journalist, Vice President of the Asahi Shimbun newspaper and later a politician. During the war, he joined the Imperial Rule Assistance Association. After the end of the war, he was purged from public service. Later, he became the Chief Secretary of the Fourth Yoshida Cabinet, Vice President and then President of the Liberal Party of Japan of Japan, but he died before becoming a prime minister.