Kuichirō Totsuka

Kuichirō Totsuka
戸塚 九一郎
Totsuka in 1953
Minister of Construction
In office
10 February 1953 – 16 June 1954
Prime MinisterShigeru Yoshida
Preceded byEisaku Satō
Succeeded byShigeaki Ozawa
Director-General of the Hokkaido Development Agency
In office
10 February 1953 – 14 January 1954
Prime MinisterShigeru Yoshida
Preceded byEisaku Satō
Succeeded byBanboku Ōno
Minister of Labour
In office
30 October 1952 – 21 May 1953
Prime MinisterShigeru Yoshida
Preceded byEichi Yoshitake
Succeeded byZentarō Kosaka
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
1 October 1952 – 25 April 1958
ConstituencyShizuoka 1st
Gubernatorial offices
Governor of Fukuoka Prefecture
In office
21 December 1944 – 10 June 1945
MonarchHirohito
Preceded byShigeru Yoshida
Succeeded byShunsuke Yamada
25th Director-General of the Hokkaidō Agency
In office
5 September 1939 – 15 June 1942
MonarchHirohito
Preceded byNakarai Kiyoshi
Succeeded byChiaki Saka
Governor of Miyagi Prefecture
In office
17 April 1939 – 7 September 1939
MonarchHirohito
Preceded byYoshio Kikuyama
Succeeded byRyōsaku Shimizu
Governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture
In office
12 June 1936 – 17 April 1939
MonarchHirohito
Preceded byYoshio Kikuyama
Succeeded byGunji Takei
Governor of Tokushima Prefecture
In office
30 October 1934 – 12 June 1936
MonarchHirohito
Preceded byTarō Kanamori
Succeeded byRyōsaku Shimizu
Personal details
Born(1891-03-27)27 March 1891
Kakegawa, Shizuoka, Japan
Died13 October 1973(1973-10-13) (aged 82)
PartyLiberal Democratic
Other political
affiliations
Liberal (1952–1955)
Alma materTokyo Imperial University

Kuichirō Totsuka (戸塚 九一郎, Totsuka Kuichirō; 27 March 1891 – 13 October 1973) was a Japanese bureaucrat and politician. A career official of the Home Ministry, he served as governor of Tokushima Prefecture, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture, and Fukuoka Prefecture, as the 25th Director-General of the Hokkaidō Agency, and after the war as a member of the House of Representatives, Minister of Labour, Minister of Construction, and Director-General of the Hokkaido Development Agency.[1][2][3][4]

Early life and education

Totsuka was born on 27 March 1891 in Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture.[1] Kotobank states that he graduated from the German law course of the law faculty at Tokyo Imperial University in 1917 and entered the Home Ministry in the same year.[1]

Career

Before becoming a prefectural governor, Totsuka served in a range of Home Ministry and police-related posts, including service as a local administrator, police official, and education department official in several prefectures.[1] He successively served as governor of Tokushima, Yamaguchi, Miyagi, and Fukuoka prefectures.[1] The official Miyagi Prefecture list gives his tenure there as beginning on 17 April 1939, with his successor taking office on 7 September 1939.[5]

During his governorship of Yamaguchi Prefecture, he promoted major river-development and water-use planning, including the establishment of a water-resource investigation committee aimed at industrial water supply, hydroelectric generation, and flood control.[6]

On 5 September 1939, Totsuka was appointed the 25th Director-General of the Hokkaidō Agency where he lasted until 15 June 1942.[2] After leaving Hokkaido he served as a munitions official and military procurement inspector.[1]

By December 1944 Totsuka was serving as governor of Fukuoka Prefecture and chairman of the Kyushu Local Administration Council. When the Kyushu Regional Government was created in June 1945, he continued from that position to become Kyushu Regional Governor.[7]

After the war, Totsuka was purged from public office. After the purge, he was then elected to the House of Representatives from Shizuoka 1st district at the 1952 general election, was re-elected in 1953, and won a third term in 1955.[8][9][10]

In the Fourth Yoshida Cabinet, Totsuka served as Minister of Labour from the cabinet's formation on 30 October 1952, and from 10 February 1953 also concurrently held the posts of Minister of Construction and Director-General of the Hokkaido Development Agency.[3] In the Fifth Yoshida Cabinet, he continued as Minister of Construction until 16 June 1954 and as Director-General of the Hokkaido Development Agency until 14 January 1954.[4]

Later life and death

Totsuka died on 13 October 1973.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "戸塚九一郎". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  2. 1 2 "戸塚 九一郎". 赤れんが庁舎 展示ガイド (in Japanese). Hokkaido Government. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  3. 1 2 "第50代 吉田 茂". 首相官邸 (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  4. 1 2 "第51代 吉田 茂". 首相官邸 (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "宮城県の歴代知事". 宮城県 (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  6. ↑ "恐慌の打破（利水事業）" (PDF). 山口県文書館 (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "昭和の大宰府再置―九州地方行政協議会と九州地方総監府―" (PDF). 九州歴史資料館 (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  8. ↑ "静岡1区 - 第25回衆議院議員選挙". 選挙ドットコム (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "静岡1区 - 第26回衆議院議員選挙". 選挙ドットコム (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  10. ↑ "静岡1区 - 第27回衆議院議員選挙". 選挙ドットコム (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
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