Mikio Mizuta (水田 三喜男, Mizuta Mikio, 13 April 1905 – 22 December 1976) was a Japanese jurist, educator and politician. He served as finance minister of Japan three times and was the founder of Josai University.
Mikio Mizuta | |
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| 水田三喜男 | |
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| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 5 July 1971 – 7 July 1972 | |
| Prime Minister | Eisaku Satō |
| Preceded by | Takeo Fukuda |
| Succeeded by | Koshiro Ueki |
| In office 3 December 1966 – 30 November 1968 | |
| Prime Minister | Eisaku Satō |
| Preceded by | Takeo Fukuda |
| Succeeded by | Takeo Fukuda |
| In office 19 July 1960 – 18 July 1962 | |
| Prime Minister | Hayato Ikeda |
| Preceded by | Eisaku Satō |
| Succeeded by | Kakuei Tanaka |
| Minister of International Trade and Industry | |
| In office 23 December 1956 – 10 July 1957 | |
| Prime Minister | Tanzan Ishibashi Nobusuke Kishi |
| Preceded by | Tanzan Ishibashi (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Shigesaburo Maeo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 13, 1905 Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | December 22, 1976 (aged 71) Tokyo, Japan |
| Alma mater | Kyoto University |
Early life and education edit
Mizuta was born in 1905 in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture.[1][2] He held a law degree from Kyoto Imperial University.[2]
Career edit
Mizuta was elected to the House of Representatives in 1946 after World War II.[2] He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).[3] He was the minister of trade and industry from 23 December 1956 to 10 July 1957.[4]
He served as the minister of finance for three terms.[5][6] He was first appointed to the post on 19 July 1960 and was in office until 18 July 1962.[5] During this period Japan suffered a financial crisis running a deficit of $700m in July 1961. It fell on Mizuta to successfully negotiate short term loans with three American banks. Despite his nerves, he chain-smoked his way to a successful outcome using Japan's underlying financial strength as security.[7]
Mizuta was the chair of the LDP policy research committee from July 1966 to December 1966 when he was again appointed finance minister.[5][8] His second ministerial term lasted until 30 November 1968.[5] From 12 January 1970 to 5 July 1971 he was again the chair of the LDP policy research committee.[8] His third term as finance minister was between 5 July 1971 and 7 July 1972.[5] From 25 November 1973 to 11 November 1974 Mizuta served again as the chair of the LDP policy research committee.[8] Mizuta also as Special Envoy to attend Spanish Generalissimo Francisco Franco's Funeral.
He founded Josai University in 1965.[9] He was the chancellor and president of it and the house member until his death on 22 December 1976.[3][9]
Legacy edit
The house where Mizuta was born in Kamogawa is a nationally registered asset and a public museum run by Josai University.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "House of Mikio Mizuta (Nationally Registered Cultural Assets)". City of Kamogawa. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ a b c The Founder: Mikio Mizuta Josai University. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ a b Karl Dixon (Summer 1977). "The 1976 General Election in Japan". Pacific Affairs. 50 (2): 208–230. doi:10.2307/2756299. JSTOR 2756299.
- ^ Chalmers Johnson (1982). Miti and the Japanese Miracle: The Growth of Industrial Policy, 1925–1975. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. p. 330. Archived from the original on 2 December 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2017.[ISBN missing]
- ^ a b c d e Finance Ministers of Japan Rulers. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ John Creighton Campbell (1980). Contemporary Japanese Budget Politics. University of California Press. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-520-04087-8. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ J. Robert Brown (1999). The Ministry of Finance : bureaucratic practices and the transformation of the Japanese economy ([Online-Ausg.] ed.). Westport, CT: Quorum. p. 58. ISBN 978-1567202304.
- ^ a b c Toshihiro Nakamura (December 2002). "A Declining Technocratic Regime" (Democracy, Governance and Human Rights Programme Paper Number 9). United Nations Research Institute for Social Development. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ a b "A special event to remember our founder Mikio Mizuta". Josai University. 21 December 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
External links edit
Media related to Mikio Mizuta at Wikimedia Commons