Kiyoshi Akita
Kiyoshi Akita | |
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秋田 清 | |
Akita in 1932 | |
| Minister of Colonial Affairs | |
| In office 28 September 1940 – 18 July 1941 | |
| Prime Minister | Fumimaro Konoe |
| Preceded by | Yōsuke Matsuoka |
| Succeeded by | Teijirō Toyoda |
| Minister of Health and Welfare | |
| In office 29 November 1939 – 16 January 1940 | |
| Prime Minister | Nobuyuki Abe |
| Preceded by | Naoshi Ohara |
| Succeeded by | Shigeru Yoshida |
| Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 18 March 1932 – 12 December 1934 | |
| Monarch | Hirohito |
| Deputy | Etsujirō Uehara |
| Preceded by | Nakamura Keijirō |
| Succeeded by | Kunimatsu Hamada |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 20 April 1917 – 3 December 1944 | |
| Preceded by | Miki Yokichirō |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished (1945) |
| Constituency | Tokushima Counties (1917–1920) Tokushima 6th (1920–1928) Tokushima 2nd (1928–1944) |
| In office 15 May 1912 – 25 December 1914 | |
| Preceded by | Hashimoto Hisataro |
| Succeeded by | Miki Yokichirō |
| Constituency | Tokushima Counties |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 September 1881 |
| Died | 3 December 1944 (aged 63) Tokyo, Japan |
| Party | IRAA (1940–1944) |
| Other political affiliations | Independent (1912–1913) Rikken Dōshikai (1913–1916) Rikken Kokumintō (1916–1922) Kakushin Club (1922–1925) Rikken Seiyūkai (1925–1940) |
| Children | Daisuke Akita |
| Alma mater | Nihon University Chuo University |
Kiyoshi Akita (秋田 清, Akita Kiyoshi; August 29, 1881 – December 3, 1944), was a politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan, serving as a member of the Lower House of the Diet of Japan for ten terms, and twice as a cabinet minister. He also served as Speaker of the House from 1932[1]-1934.
Biography
Akita was born in Miyoshi District, Tokushima Prefecture and was a graduate from the predecessor of Nihon University with a graduate degree in law from the predecessor of Chuo University.
Akita was a judge in the Tokushima District Court, but left the legal profession to become a journalist for the Niroku Shipō, a newspaper of which he eventually became president. He won a seat in the Lower House of the Diet of Japan in the 1912 General Election with the support of the Rikken Dōshikai political party. He was subsequently a member of the Rikken Kokumintō, followed by the Rikken Seiyūkai, with whose support he became Speaker of the House from March 1932 to December 1934.
In 1939, under the Abe administration, Akita was asked to serve in the cabinet as Minister of Welfare. He joined the Taisei Yokusankai in 1940, and was appointed as Minister of Colonial Affairs in the 2nd Konoe administration from September 1940 – July 1941. Afterwards, he retired from public life and was awarded the 1st class of the Order of the Sacred Treasures. Akita died in 1944.
Family
His son, Daisuke Akita was also a politician, serving in the post-war Diet, and as Minister of Justice in the 1970s.
References
- ^ The International Who's Who 1943-44. 8th edition. George Allen & Unwin, London, 1943, p. 9.