Ichiro Nakagawa

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Ichiro Nakagawa
Head of the Science and Technology Agency
In office 7 July 1980 – 27 November 1982
Prime Minister	Zenkō Suzuki
Preceded by	Yuji Osada
Succeeded by	Takaaki Yasuda
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
In office 5 July 1978 – 7 December 1978
Prime Minister	Takeo Fukuda
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Michio Watanabe
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
In office 28 November 1977 – 5 July 1978
Prime Minister	Takeo Fukuda
Preceded by	Zenkō Suzuki
Succeeded by	Himself
Personal details
Born	9 March 1925 Hiroo, Hokkaido, Japan
Died	9 January 1983(1983-01-09) (aged 57) Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party
Alma mater	Kyushu Imperial University

Ichiro Nakagawa (中川 一郎, Nakagawa Ichirō, 9 March 1925 – 9 January 1983) was a Japanese politician from Hokkaidō. He committed suicide at a hotel in Sapporo after he was defeated in the presidency election of the LDP—losing the chance to become prime minister.^[1]

Personal life[]

Nakagawa's eldest son was Shōichi Nakagawa, a House of Representatives member.^[1] Shōichi also committed suicide in 2009. Nakagawa's younger brother is Yoshio Nakagawa.

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