Osanori Koyama Explained

Osanori Koyama
Native Name Lang:ja
Native Name:小山 長規
Alma Mater:University of Tokyo
Birth Date:10 June 1905
Birth Place:Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan
Office1:Member of the House of Representatives
Constituency1:Former Miyazaki 2nd District
Office2:Minister of Construction
Term Start2:July 18, 1964
Term End2:June 3, 1965
Primeminister2:Hayato Ikeda, Eisaku Satō
Predecessor2:Ichirō Kōno
Office3:Director General of Environment Agency (Minister of State)
Term Start3:July 7, 1972
Term End3:December 22, 1972
Primeminister3:Kakuei Tanaka
Successor3:Takeo Miki

was a Japanese politician, a member of the National Diet and a Cabinet member.

Biography

He was born in Kobayashi, Miyazaki.[1] [2] He graduated from Kagoshima Prefectural Daini-Kagoshima Middle School (now Kagoshima Prefectural Konan High School) in 1923 and from Third Higher School (now Kyoto University) in 1926.

In 1929, he graduated from Faculty of Law, Tokyo Imperial University (now University of Tokyo) and joined Mitsubishi Bank. Later, he served as the committee chairs of Mitsubishi Bank Employees' Union.

He was first elected to a member of the House of Representatives in 1949 and was elected 12 times. He served as Minister of Construction in the Cabinets of Hayato Ikeda and Eisaku Satō, Director General of Environment Agency in the Cabinet of Kakuei Tanaka, the chief of Judge Impeachment Court, and the Chairs of Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Committee on Budget of the House of Representatives. He received the Grand Cordons of the Order of the Rising Sun in 1976.

Notes and References

  1. Book: 小松 洋一 . 1982-03-12 . 青少年への座右銘 新 現代宮崎の百人 . Japanese . Japan . 育英出版社 .
  2. Book: 日外アソシエーツ . October 2003 . 新訂 政治家人名事典 明治~昭和 . Japanese . Japan . 日外アソシエーツ .