Tetsuzo Kojima

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]

Biography

He was born on 29 September 1909 in Hyogo 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

  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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