Zentarō Kosaka

Zentarō Kosaka
小坂 善太郎
Kosaka in 1960
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
15 September 1976 – 24 December 1976
Prime MinisterTakeo Miki
Preceded byKiichi Miyazawa
Succeeded byIichirō Hatoyama
In office
8 December 1960 – 18 July 1962
Prime MinisterHayato Ikeda
Preceded byAiichiro Fujiyama
Succeeded byMasayoshi Ōhira
Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency
In office
22 December 1972 – 25 November 1973
Prime MinisterKakuei Tanaka
Preceded byKiichi Arita
Succeeded byTsuneo Uchida
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
In office
1 July 1954 – 1 October 1954
Prime MinisterShigeru Yoshida
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byNaoshi Ohara
Minister of Labour
In office
21 May 1953 – 16 June 1954
Prime MinisterShigeru Yoshida
Preceded byKuichiro Totsuka
Succeeded bySaburo Chiba
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
7 July 1986 – 24 January 1990
Preceded byShusei Tanaka
Succeeded byKenji Kosaka
ConstituencyNagano 1st
In office
11 April 1946 – 28 November 1983
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byShusei Tanaka
ConstituencyNagano at-large (1946–1947)
Nagano 1st (1947–1983)
Personal details
Born(1912-01-23)23 January 1912
Died26 November 2000(2000-11-26) (aged 88)
PartyLiberal Democratic
Other political
affiliations
Independent (1946–1947)
Democratic (1947–1950)
Liberal (1950–1955)
ChildrenKenji Kosaka
RelativesEigo Fukai (uncle)
Sonyu Ōtani (father-in-law)
Alma materHitotsubashi University
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Zentarō Kosaka (小坂 善太郎, Kosaka Zentarō; 23 January 1912 – 26 November 2000) was a Japanese politician who served two terms as foreign minister and as labour minister.