Kamejiro Senaga | |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Office: | Mayor of Naha |
Term Start: | January 1957 |
Term End: | November 1957 |
Predecessor: | Jugo Tōma |
Successor: | Tadashi Toei |
Birth Date: | 10 June 1907 |
Birth Place: | Tomigusuku, Okinawa, Ryukyu Kingdom |
Death Place: | Naha, Okinawa, Japan |
Party: | Okinawa People's Party Japanese Communist Party |
Spouse: | Fumi Sensei |
Alma Mater: | Kagoshima University |
was a politician, journalist, also Mayor of Naha city. Senaga was an outspoken critic of American oppression on Okinawa and was imprisoned by American military authorities for sheltering Communists. He was a mayor in Naha and a prominent political figure during the American occupation of Okinawa. However, he was removed when military authorities arbitrarily changed Okinawan election ordinances. Senaga was a strong advocate for the reversion of Okinawa, which was initially opposed by the American military. Later, he served as a representative of the Japanese Communist Party in the Diet, in the House of Representatives, before retiring from politics in 1990.