:Jōkō Obama
{{short description|Japanese politician and bureaucrat}}
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| name = Jōkō Obama
| native_name = 小浜浄鉱
| native_name_lang = ja
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| image = Obama Joko.jpg
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| caption = Obama, {{circa|1934}}
| monarch = Hirohito
| office = Governor of Fukui Prefecture
| term_start = May 25, 1928
| term_end = August 26, 1930
| predecessor = Keizō Ichimura
| successor = Naokitsu Tachibana
| office2 = Chief of Internal Affairs
Governor-General of Taiwan
| term_start2 = March 1932
| term_end2 = October 1936
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| monarch2 = Hirohito
| birth_date = July 1886
| birth_place = Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1948|09|24|1886|07|}}
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| father = Sanjirō Obama
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| alma_mater = Tokyo Imperial University
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| profession = Bureaucrat, politician
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{{nihongo|Jōkō Obama|{{lang|ja|小浜}} {{lang|ja|浄鉱}}|Obama JōkōSome sources have his surname written as {{lang|ja|小濱}}, and some have it pronounced Kohama. Official records use 小浜 and Obama.|July 1886 – September 24, 1948}} was a Japanese government bureaucrat. He was appointed governor of Fukui Prefecture and was the Chief of Internal Affairs for the Governor-General of Taiwan.
Biography
Obama was born in Tokyo Prefecture, Japan in July 1886 as the fourth son of {{nihongo|Sanjirō Obama|小濱三次郎|Obama Sanjirō}}.{{cite encyclopedia |script-title=ja:新編日本の歴代知事 |title=Shinpen Nihon no Rekidai Chiji |trans-title=Historical Prefectural Governors of Japan (New Edition) |language=ja |edition=New |date=November 1991 |publisher=歴代知事編纂会 |isbn= |oclc=1020996406 |pages=477–478}} He graduated from High School No. 2 in Sendai-ku (now part of Sendai) in Miyagi Prefecture.
He graduated in 1912 from Tokyo Imperial University with degrees in law and economics and was appointed to the Home Ministry office in Toyama Prefecture. In November 1913, he passed with high marks the civil official exam for department administration.{{cite encyclopedia|script-title=ja:日本官僚制総合事典 1868–2000|title=Nihon Kanryōsei Sōgō Jiten 1868–2000 |trans-title=Japan Bureaucracy Comprehensive Encyclopedia, 1868–2000 |language=ja |edition=|date=November 2001 |editor=秦郁彦 (Hatai Kuhiko) |publisher=東京大学出版会 |isbn=4130301217 |pages=129, 205}} He was appointed the county administrator for Himi-gun in Toyama Prefecture in 1914. Several additional appoints followed: Prefectural Director for Hiroshima Prefecture, Prefectural Director for Hyougo Prefecture, Section Chief of the Health and Insurance Board in the Home Ministry, city welfare bureau chief, and other similar positions.
Obama was appointed Governor of Fukui Prefecture, serving from May 25, 1928, until August 26, 1930.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldleadersindex.org/Asia/JapanesePrefectures.html|title=Prefectures of Japan|date=2013|access-date=February 23, 2018|archive-date=May 25, 2018|first=L.|last=Mackenzie|publisher=World Leaders Index|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525071729/http://worldleadersindex.org/Asia/JapanesePrefectures.html|url-status=dead}} He was preceded as Governor by Keizō Ichimura and was succeeded by Naokitsu Tachibana. He did not hold any public office between August 1930 and March 1932. He became the Chief of Internal Affairs for the Governor-General of Taiwan in March 1932, and held that office until October 1936. He retired from public office that same year.
He died on September 24, 1948.『朝日新聞』（東京本社発行）1948年9月25日朝刊、2面の訃報より。
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Category:Governors of Fukui Prefecture