| Masajūrō Shiokawa | |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Office: | Minister of Finance |
| Primeminister: | Junichiro Koizumi |
| Term Start: | 26 April 2001 |
| Term End: | 22 September 2003 |
| Predecessor: | Hikaru Matsunaga |
| Successor: | Sadakazu Tanigaki |
| Office2: | Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission |
| Primeminister2: | Kiichi Miyazawa |
| Term Start2: | 5 November 1991 |
| Term End2: | 12 December 1992 |
| Predecessor2: | Akira Fukida |
| Successor2: | Keijiro Murata |
| Office3: | Chief Cabinet Secretary |
| Primeminister3: | Sōsuke Uno |
| Term Start3: | 2 June 1989 |
| Term End3: | 10 August 1989 |
| Predecessor3: | Keizō Obuchi |
| Successor3: | Tokuo Yamashita |
| Office4: | Minister of Education |
| Primeminister4: | Yasuhiro Nakasone |
| Term Start4: | 9 September 1986 |
| Term End4: | 6 November 1987 |
| Predecessor4: | Masayuki Fujio |
| Successor4: | Gentaro Nakajima |
| Office5: | Minister of Transport |
| Primeminister5: | Zenkō Suzuki |
| Term Start5: | 17 July 1980 |
| Term End5: | 30 November 1981 |
| Predecessor5: | Usaburō Chisaki III |
| Successor5: | Tokusaburo Kosaka |
| Office6: | Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary |
| Primeminister6: | Takeo Fukuda |
| Term Start6: | 24 December 1976 |
| Term End6: | 28 November 1977 |
| Predecessor6: | Hyosuke Kujiraoka |
| Successor6: | Yoshirō Mori |
| Office7: | Member of the House of Representatives |
| Constituency7: | Osaka 13th |
| Term Start7: | 26 June 2000 |
| Term End7: | 10 October 2003 |
| Predecessor7: | Akira Nishino |
| Successor7: | Akira Nishino |
| Constituency8: | Osaka 4th |
| Term Start8: | 30 January 1967 |
| Term End8: | 27 September 1996 |
| Predecessor8: | Multi-member district |
| Successor8: | Constituency abolished |
| Birth Date: | 13 October 1921 |
| Birth Place: | Fuse, Osaka, Japan |
| Death Place: | Osaka, Japan |
| Alma Mater: | Keio University |
was a Japanese economist and politician.
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.
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.
Shiokawa died on September 20, 2015, of pneumonia in Osaka, Japan at the age of 93.[4]
From the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia
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