Seiichi Ōmura Explained

Ōmura Seiichi
Native Name Lang:ja
Office1:Governor of Nagano Prefecture
Term Start1:15 January 1935
Term End1:13 March 1936
Office2:Governor of Nagano Prefecture
Term Start2:11 January 1938
Term End2:23 December 1938
Office3:Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture
Term Start3:23 December 1938
Term End3:4 September 1939
Office4:Vice Minister for Education
Term Start4:1939
Term End4:1945?
Term Start5:22 May 1946
Term End5:24 May 1947
Office7:Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
Primeminister7:Ichirō Hatoyama
Term Start7:December 10, 1954
Term End7:March 19, 1955
Predecessor7:Tokutarō Kimura
Successor7:Arata Sugihara
Constituency8:Okayama
Term Start8:21 November 1960
Term End8:23 October 1963
Birth Date:4 May 1892
Birth Place:Tsuyama, Okayama, Empire of Japan
Nationality:Japanese
Alma Mater:Kyoto Imperial University
Occupation:Politician, Cabinet Minister

was a politician and bureaucrat in the early Shōwa period Japan, who subsequently was a politician and cabinet minister in the immediate post-war era.

Biography

Ōmura was born in Tsuyama, Okayama. After his graduation from the Law School of Kyoto Imperial University, he entered the Home Ministry. He served as Governor of Nagano Prefecture from 15 January 1935 to 13 March 1936, and again for a second term from 11 January 1938 to 23 December 1938. He was then appointed Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture from 23 December 1938 to 4 September 1939. Later in 1939, he was Vice Minister for Education under Prime Minister Abe Nobuyuki. In 1943, he was made chairman of the Japan Student Services Organization.

After the end of World War II, during the American occupation of Japan, Ōmura served as Home Minister in the first Yoshida administration from 22 May 1946 to 24 May 1947. He was also appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan.

From 10 December 1954 to 19 March 1955, Ōmura served as Director-General for the Japan Defense Agency under the first Hatoyama administration.

Ōmura subsequently was elected a seat in the Lower House of the Diet from his native Okayama, and served for six terms from 21 November 1960 to 23 October 1963. He was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure on 29 April 1965.

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