Chikahiko Koizumi
Chikahiko Koizumi | |
|---|---|
小泉 親彦 | |
| Minister of Health and Welfare | |
| In office 18 July 1941 – 22 July 1944 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Tsuneo Kanemitsu |
| Succeeded by | Hisatada Hirose |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 September 1884 |
| Died | 13 September 1945 (aged 61) |
| Cause of death | Seppuku |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
Chikahiko Koizumi (小泉 親彦, Koizumi Chikahiko; 9 September 1884 – 13 September 1945) was a Japanese military physician who served as Minister of Health and Welfare from 1941 to 1944.
Biography
Koizumi was born on 9 September 1884, as the son of a former samurai of the Sabae Domain. He studied medicine at Tokyo Imperial University and graduated in December 1908.[1]
After becoming a military physician, Koizumi successively served as instructor at the Army Medical School, medical inspector and chief physician of the Imperial Guard Division. He was promoted to Surgeon General in 1934 and served as chief of the medical bureau in the Army Ministry.[1]
Koizumi was the Minister of Health and Welfare from 1941 to 1944 in the Konoe and Tōjō cabinets.[1] He worked positively for the prevention of tuberculosis and advocated universal health care.[1][2]
After the war, he was accused of war-crimes as he was the minister when the war broke out. But Koizumi committed suicide by seppuku before he was arrested by the Allied occupation forces.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e "先人を偲ぶ －小泉 親彦－" (in Japanese). Sabae, Fukui. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Ando, Toshihiro (8 January 2012). "終戦時の内務次官、公職追放に 「群雀中の一鶴」灘尾弘吉（１）政客列伝 特別編集委員・安藤俊裕". The Nikkei (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 October 2015.