Seijuro Arafune
Seijuro Arafune | |
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荒舩 清十郎 | |
.jpg) Arafune in 1953 | |
| Director-General of the Administrative Management Agency | |
| In office 28 November 1977 – 7 December 1978 | |
| Prime Minister | Takeo Fukuda |
| Preceded by | Eiichi Nishimura |
| Succeeded by | Motohiko Kanai |
| In office 15 September 1976 – 24 December 1976 | |
| Prime Minister | Takeo Miki |
| Preceded by | Yūzō Matsuzawa |
| Succeeded by | Eiichi Nishimura |
| Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 14 January 1970 – 29 January 1972 | |
| Speaker | Funada Naka |
| Preceded by | Sensuke Fujieda |
| Succeeded by | Shirō Hasegawa |
| Minister of Transport | |
| In office 1 August 1966 – 14 October 1966 | |
| Prime Minister | Eisaku Satō |
| Preceded by | Torata Nakamura |
| Succeeded by | Sensuke Fujieda |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 1 October 1952 – 25 November 1980 | |
| Preceded by | Tomiyuki Takada |
| Succeeded by | Eitaro Itoyama |
| Constituency | Saitama 3rd |
| In office 10 April 1946 – January 1947 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Multi-member district |
| Constituency | Saitama at-large |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 March 1907 Chichibu, Saitama, Japan |
| Died | 25 November 1980 (aged 73) Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic |
| Other political affiliations | JLP (1946–1947) LP (1952–1955) |
| Alma mater | Meiji University |
Seijuro Arafune (荒舩 清十郎, Arafune Seijūrō; March 9, 1907 - November 25, 1980) was a Japanese politician and a Minister of Transport. He was a member of Liberal Democratic Party. Arafune resigned the Minister of Transport 1966 after a political scandal where he had taken two businessmen with him on a trip paid for by the Japanese govermnement, and ordered the National Railways to create an express stop in his home town.[1][2]
Biography
Arafune was born in Katashino village, Chichibu District, Saitama currently Chichibu, Saitama in 1907.[3]
- April 11, 1946 - November 24, 1980 Member of the House of Representatives
- August 1, 1966 - October 14, 1966 Minister of Transport
- January 14, 1970 - January 29, 1972 Vice-Speaker of the House of Representatives[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Japan: Black Mist & Banana Skins". TIME. 1966-11-04. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
- ^ Fukui, Haruhiro (1970). Party in Power: The Japanese Liberal-democrats and Policy-making. University of California Press. p. 69. ISBN 0520016467.
- ^ 人事興信録 [Who's who 21st edition]. Jinji Kōshinsha. 1961.
- ^ "Speakers and Vice-Speakers of the House of Representatives". The House of Representatives Japan.