Matsuzo Nagai
Matsuzo Nagai | |
|---|---|
永井 松三 | |
 Nagai in 1917 | |
| Member of the House of Peers | |
| In office 5 February 1946 – 2 May 1947 Nominated by the Emperor | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 March 1877 |
| Died | 19 April 1957 (aged 80) |
Matsuzo Nagai (永井 松三, Nagai Matsuzō; 5 March 1877 – 19 April 1957) was a Japanese diplomat and Olympic Games activist.
Biography
He was born on 5 March 1877 in Aichi Prefecture.
He served in the Japanese delegation to the League of Nations in 1920,[1] and served as Japanese Ambassador to Sweden and Finland in 1925–1930. In 1930, he formed part of the Japanese delegation to the London Naval Conference.[2] He served as Ambassador to Germany from April 1933 to October 1934. After this, since at least mid-1935, he was the Japanese Ambassador to Latvia.[3]
In 1936, he served as Minister of Transportation, and was an active supporter of naval expansion plans. In 1937, he was active in the Japanese governmental committee which was charged with preparing the Olympic games scheduled to take place in Tokyo in 1940, which was eventually cancelled.[4] He also served as a member of the International Olympic Committee in 1939–1950.[5]
He received the Grand Cross of the Royal Swedish Order of the Polar Star in 1928 and the Latvian Order of the Three Stars 1st Class on 5 July 1935.[3] He died on 19 April 1957.
See also
References
- ↑ "Council Session 7". www.indiana.edu.
- ↑ "Foreign Negotiators At The Naval Parley" New York Times, 19 January 1930.
- 1 2 "Ar Triju zvaigžņu ordeni apbalvoto 19. saraksts" [List of people awarded with the Order of the Three Stars, No. 19]. periodika.lv. 262 (in Latvian). 16 November 1935. p. 2. Retrieved 15 August 2026 – via Valdības Vēstnesis.
- ↑ "Japan and Olympism" (PDF). la84foundation.org.
- ↑ Wagner, Juergen. "IOC Members". olympic-museum.de. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
External links
- Hiroshi Momose, Japan's Relations with Finland, 1919–1944, as Reflected by Japanese Source Materials
- Ricky W. Law, "Runner-up: Japan in the German Mass Media during the 1936 Olympic Games" Southeast Review of Asian Studies, 31 (2009) 164–180
- Article about Nagai's activities for holding olympic games in Japan
- Ambassadors of Japan to Belgium
- Ambassadors of Japan to Denmark
- Ambassadors of Japan to Finland
- Ambassadors of Japan to Germany
- Ambassadors of Japan to Norway
- Ambassadors of Japan to Sweden
- Permanent representatives of Japan to the League of Nations
- Japanese International Olympic Committee members
- Government ministers of Japan
- 1877 births
- 1957 deaths
- Members of the House of Peers (Japan)
- Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1st class
- Grand Cordons of the Order of the Rising Sun
- Nagai clan
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- Japanese politician stubs
- Order of the Three Stars