Masajuro Shiokawa

{{short description|Japanese politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Masajūrō Shiokawa

|native_name = {{nobold|塩川 正十郎 }}

|native_name_lang = ja

|image = Masajuro Shiokawa 20010426.jpg

|image_size = 220px

|caption = Official portrait, 2001

|office = Minister of Finance

|primeminister = Junichiro Koizumi

|term_start = 26 April 2001

|term_end = 22 September 2003

|predecessor = Hikaru Matsunaga

|successor = Sadakazu Tanigaki

|office2 = Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission

|primeminister2 = Kiichi Miyazawa

|term_start2 = 5 November 1991

|term_end2 = 12 December 1992

|predecessor2 = Akira Fukida

|successor2 = Keijiro Murata

|office3 = Chief Cabinet Secretary

|primeminister3 = Sōsuke Uno

|term_start3 = 2 June 1989

|term_end3 = 10 August 1989

|predecessor3 = Keizō Obuchi

|successor3 = Tokuo Yamashita

|office4 = Minister of Education

|primeminister4 = Yasuhiro Nakasone

|term_start4 = 9 September 1986

|term_end4 = 6 November 1987

|predecessor4 = Masayuki Fujio

|successor4 = Gentaro Nakajima

|office5 = Minister of Transport

|primeminister5 = Zenkō Suzuki

|term_start5 = 17 July 1980

|term_end5 = 30 November 1981

|predecessor5 = Usaburō Chisaki III

|successor5 = Tokusaburo Kosaka

|office6 = Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary

|primeminister6 = Takeo Fukuda

|term_start6 = 24 December 1976

|term_end6 = 28 November 1977

|predecessor6 = Hyosuke Kujiraoka

|successor6 = Yoshirō Mori

|office7 = Member of the House of Representatives

|constituency7 = Osaka 13th

|term_start7 = 26 June 2000

|term_end7 = 10 October 2003

|predecessor7 = Akira Nishino

|successor7 = Akira Nishino

|constituency8 = Osaka 4th

|term_start8 = 30 January 1967

|term_end8 = 27 September 1996

|predecessor8 = Multi-member district

|successor8 = Constituency abolished

|birth_date = {{birth date|1921|10|13|df=y}}

|birth_place = Fuse, Osaka, Japan

|death_date = {{death date and age|2015|9|19|1921|10|13|df=y}}

|death_place = Osaka, Japan

|party = Liberal Democratic

|alma_mater = Keio University

}}

{{nihongo|Masajuro Shiokawa|塩川 正十郎|Shiokawa Masajūrō|October 13, 1921 – September 19, 2015}} was a Japanese economist and politician.

Early life

Shiokawa was born in Fuse City (now Higashi-Osaka City), Osaka Prefecture. He graduated from the economics faculty of Keio University in 1944. He founded the Mitsuaki Corporation in 1946.

Political career

He was a public official in the Fuse City government from 1964 to 1966, and directed the merger to form Higashi-Osaka in 1966. In 1967, he was elected to the House of Representatives, representing the 4th District of Osaka.

Shiokawa served as Parliamentary Vice Minister of International Trade and Industry from 1972 to 1973, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary from 1976 to 1977, Commerce and Industry Committee Chairman from 1979 to 1980, Minister of Transport from 1980 to 1981 (under Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki), Minister of Education from 1986 to 1987 (under PM Yasuhiro Nakasone), Chief Cabinet Secretary for three months in 1989 (under PM Sōsuke Uno), and Minister of Home Affairs from 1991 to 1992.

Although Shiokawa became Secretary-General of the LDP in 1995, he lost his seat in the 1996 general elections, and was not re-elected until 2000.

In 2001, Junichiro Koizumi tapped Shiokawa to serve as Minister of Finance.{{cite book|last=Sinclair|first=Timothy J.|title=The new masters of capital: American bond rating agencies and the politics of creditworthiness|url=https://archive.org/details/newmastersofcapi0000sinc|url-access=registration|accessdate=4 May 2011|year=2005|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=978-0-8014-4328-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/newmastersofcapi0000sinc/page/144 144]}} He resigned in 2003 and decided not to seek re-election that year.{{cite news|url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-3301125/46-lower-house-members-to.html|title=46 lower house members to retire from politics|date=October 14, 2003|work=Japan Policy & Politics|accessdate=May 4, 2011}}{{cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/node/2085209?story_id=2085209 |title=Japan: Koizumi's second chance |date=September 25, 2003 |newspaper=The Economist |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023114751/http://www.economist.com/node/2085209?story_id=2085209 |archivedate=October 23, 2012 |url-status=dead }}

Shiokawa was dean of Toyo University, director of the Kansai Shogi Hall, and active within the Japan Sumo Association.

Death

Shiokawa died on September 20, 2015, of pneumonia in Osaka, Japan at the age of 93.{{cite news|title=Former Finance Minister Shiokawa dies at 93|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/19/national/former-finance-minister-shiokawa-dies-at-93/#.Vf3nonupdKr|accessdate=September 19, 2015|work=Japan Times|date=September 19, 2015|archive-date=September 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923191033/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/19/national/former-finance-minister-shiokawa-dies-at-93/#.Vf3nonupdKr|url-status=dead}}

Honours

From the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia

  • Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun
  • Conferred an Honorary Doctorate in Humanities from The University of Cambodia (2004){{Cite web|url=http://uc.edu.kh/ucb/List%20of%20Honorary%20Doctorates%20(2004%20-%202014)/2015-07-24%2022:25:07/1890/|title=Welcome to The University of Cambodia (UC)|website=uc.edu.kh|access-date=2018-05-09}}

=Foreign honour=

|url=http://www.istiadat.gov.my/index.php/component/semakanlantikanskp/|title=Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat}}

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