Hiroshi Kuroki Explained

Hiroshi Kuroki
Native Name:黒木 博
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Date:1907
Birth Place:Miyazaki, Japan
Death Date:24 December 2001 (age 94)
Death Place:Miyazaki, Japan
Nationality:Japanese

was a governor of Miyazaki Prefecture in Japan. He was the 1974 recipient of Ramon Magsaysay Award for administrative originality in modernizing a backward prefecture in a manner congenial to the traditional minded yet attracting the young.[1]

Career

In 1979, Kuroki was arrested and indicted on charges of accepting 30 million yen in bribes from a construction company during his sixth term in office as governor. He was sentenced to three years in prison but was subsequently acquitted in 1988.

He died of pneumonia at a hospital in Miyazaki on 24 December 2001, aged 94.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation . Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation - Awardees . Rmaf.org.ph . 20 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160815125558/http://www.rmaf.org.ph/newrmaf/main/awardees/awardee/profile/225 . 15 August 2016 . dead .
  2. Web site: Obituary: Hiroshi Kuroki. 25 December 2001. The Japan Times. The Japan Times Ltd. . Japan. 20 February 2015.