Masajuro Shiokawa

Minister of Finance of JapanIn office
26 April 2001 – 22 September 2003Prime MinisterJunichiro KoizumiPreceded byHikaru MatsunagaSucceeded bySadakazu TanigakiChairman of the National Public Safety CommissionIn office
5 November 1991 – 12 December 1992Prime MinisterKiichi MiyazawaPreceded byAkira FukidaSucceeded byKeijiro MurataChief Cabinet SecretaryIn office
2 June 1989 – 10 August 1989Prime MinisterSōsuke UnoPreceded byKeizō ObuchiSucceeded byTokuo YamashitaMinister of EducationIn office
9 September 1986 – 6 November 1987Prime MinisterYasuhiro NakasonePreceded byMasayuki FujioSucceeded byGentaro NakajimaMinister of TransportIn office
17 July 1980 – 30 November 1981Prime MinisterZenkō SuzukiPreceded byUsaburō Chisaki IIISucceeded byTokusaburo KosakaDeputy Chief Cabinet SecretaryIn office
24 December 1976 – 28 November 1977Prime MinisterTakeo FukudaPreceded byHyosuke KujiraokaSucceeded byYoshirō Mori Personal detailsBorn(1921-10-13)October 13, 1921
Fuse, Osaka, JapanDiedSeptember 19, 2015(2015-09-19) (aged 93)
Osaka, JapanPolitical partyLiberal Democratic PartyAlma materKeio University

Masajuro Shiokawa (塩川 正十郎, Shiokawa Masajūrō, October 13, 1921 – September 19, 2015) was a Japanese economist and politician.

Early life

Shiokawa was born in Fuse City (now Higashi-Osaka City), Osaka Prefecture. He graduated from the economics faculty of Keio University in 1944. He founded the Mitsuaki Corporation in 1946.

Political career

He was a public official in the Fuse City government from 1964 to 1966, and directed the merger to form Higashi-Osaka in 1966. In 1967, he was elected to the House of Representatives, representing the 4th District of Osaka.

Shiokawa served as Parliamentary Vice Minister of International Trade and Industry from 1972 to 1973, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary from 1976 to 1977, Commerce and Industry Committee Chairman from 1979 to 1980, Minister of Transport from 1980 to 1981 (under Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki), Minister of Education from 1986 to 1987 (under PM Yasuhiro Nakasone), Chief Cabinet Secretary for three months in 1989 (under PM Sōsuke Uno), and Minister of Home Affairs from 1991 to 1992.

Although Shiokawa became Secretary-General of the LDP in 1995, he lost his seat in the 1996 general elections, and was not re-elected until 2000.

In 2001, Junichiro Koizumi tapped Shiokawa to serve as Minister of Finance.^[1] He resigned in 2003 and decided not to seek re-election that year.^[2][3]

Shiokawa was dean of Toyo University, director of the Kansai Shogi Hall, and active within the Japan Sumo Association.

Death

Shiokawa died on September 20, 2015, of pneumonia in Osaka, Japan at the age of 93.^[4]

Honours

From the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia

• Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun
• Conferred an Honorary Doctorate in Humanities from The University of Cambodia (2004)^[5]

Foreign honour

•  Malaysia : Honorary Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (P.S.M.) (2004)^[6]

References

External links

• Media related to Masajuro Shiokawa at Wikimedia Commons

Political offices
Preceded by Hyosuke Kujiraoka	Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary 1976–1977	Succeeded by Yoshirō Mori
Preceded by Usaburō Chisaki III	Minister of Transport 1980–1981	Succeeded by Tokusaburo Kosaka
Preceded by Masayuki Fujio	Minister of Education 1986–1987	Succeeded by Gentaro Nakajima
Preceded by Keizō Obuchi	Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan 1989	Succeeded by Tokuo Yamashita
Preceded by Akira Fukida	Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission 1991–1992	Succeeded by Keijiro Murata
	Minister of Home Affairs 1991–1992
Preceded by Hikaru Matsunaga	Minister of Finance of Japan 2001–2003	Succeeded by Sadakazu Tanigaki
House of Representatives of Japan
Preceded by Takashi Hashiguchi	Chair, Committee on Commerce and Industry of the House of Representatives of Japan 1979–1980	Succeeded by Eiji Nonaka
Preceded by Keizō Obuchi	Chair, Special Committee on Security of the House of Representatives of Japan 1983–1984	Succeeded by Motoharu Morishita
Party political offices
Preceded by Takeo Nishioka	Chair, Research Commission on Tax System of the Liberal Democratic Party 1990–1991	Succeeded by Kabun Mutō
Preceded by Kabun Mutō	Chair, General Council of the Liberal Democratic Party 1995–1996	Succeeded by Yoshirō Mori
Academic offices
Preceded by Eiji Tanaka	Chairman of Toyo University 1988–2000	Succeeded by Takuo Sugano
Other offices
Preceded by Kichizo Hosoda	Chair, Liberal National Congress 2007–2015	Succeeded by Hideo Usui
Preceded by Nobuo Yamaguchi	Chair, People's Political Association 2009–2015	Succeeded by Mitsuo Ōhashi