Tetsuzo Kojima (29 September 1909 – 10 January 1988) was a Japanese jurist who served as the minister of justice briefly between July and December 1960.[1]

Tetsuzo Kojima
小島 徹三
Kojima in 1960
Minister of Justice
In office
19 July 1960  8 December 1960
Prime MinisterHayato Ikeda
Preceded byHiroya Ino
Succeeded byKoshiro Ueki
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
29 December 1969  15 November 1976
Preceded bySadamori Iga
Succeeded bySadamori Iga
ConstituencyHyōgo 5th
In office
1 October 1952  27 December 1967
Preceded bySaitō Takao
Succeeded bySadamori Iga
ConstituencyHyōgo 5th
In office
22 May 1946  23 December 1948
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byKiichi Arita
ConstituencyHyōgo 2nd (1946–1947)
Hyōgo 5th (1947–1949)
Personal details
Born(1909-09-29)29 September 1909
Died10 January 1988(1988-01-10) (aged 78)
PartyLiberal Democratic
Other political
affiliations
LP (1945–1948)
DP (1948–1950)
Independent (1950–1952)
Kaishintō (1952–1954)
JDP (1954–1955)
Tokyo Imperial University

Biography

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He was born on 29 September 1909 in Hyōgo Prefecture.[2] He was a graduate of Tokyo Imperial University where he received a bachelor's degree in law.[2] He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and served in the executive committee of the party heading its judicial affairs committee.[2][3] He was appointed minister of justice on 19 July 1960 to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda, and served in the post until 8 December 1960.[4]

References

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  1. Grant K Goodman; Felix Moos, eds. (2019). "Japanese Policies and Perspectives in Micronesia and Papua New Guinea". The United States And Japan In The Western Pacific: Micronesia And Papua New Guinea. New York; Abingdon: Routledge. p. 205. ISBN 978-1-00-030677-4.
  2. 1 2 3 Japan Report. Japan Information Center, Consulate General of Japan. 1960. p. 6.
  3. Watanabe Tsuneo (2013). Japan's Backroom Politics: Factions in a Multiparty Age. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-7391-7390-9.
  4. Janet Hunter, ed. (1984). Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History. Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA; London: University of California Press. p. 306. ISBN 978-0-520-04390-9.
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