Ken Harada (politician)

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Ken Harada
原田 憲
Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency
In office
27 December 1988 – 25 January 1989
Prime MinisterNoboru Takeshita
Preceded byEiichi Nakao
Succeeded by
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
In office
25 November 1973 – 11 November 1974
Prime MinisterKakuei Tanaka
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Minister of Transport
In office
30 November 1968 – 14 January 1970
Prime MinisterEisaku Satō
Preceded byYasuhiro Nakasone
Succeeded by
Personal details
Born(1919-02-12)February 12, 1919
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
DiedJanuary 29, 1997(1997-01-29) (aged 77)
Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
NationalityJapanese
EducationMeiji University

Ken Harada (原田 憲, Harada Ken, February 12, 1919 – January 29, 1997) was a member of the Diet of Japan from the Liberal Democratic Party[1] until resigning his office on January 24, 1989[2] following alleged involvement in the Recruit scandal, where Harada admitted Recruit had given him donations, in the form of seasonal summer gifts,[3] for ten years.[4] While the donations were not illegal, they raised questions of political ethics which eventually led Harada to resign.[3] As a member of the Diet, Harada served as , and earned the close trust of Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita.[5] He was the third minister to resign over the scandal.[2] Harada had been appointed to direct the only one month before his resignation.[6][7] After party officials had already placed him as the chair of a committee in charge of investigating the Recruit stock scandal,[8] where he had concluded that nothing illegal had taken place.[9] In 1992, Harada backed Keizō Obuchi as new leader of the Liberal Democratic Party.[10]  [ja] replaced Harada as Minister of Economic Planning.[3]

Scouting[]

Harada served as a member of the National Board of Governors of the Boy Scouts of Nippon and President of the Scout Parliamentary Caucus. In 1989, Harada was awarded the 200th Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting.[11][12] In 1985 he also received the highest distinction of the Scout Association of Japan, the Golden Pheasant Award.[13]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Vilaró (1989), 1.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Associated Press (Jan. 24, 1989), 5.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Chira (1989).
  4. ^ Schoenberger (1989), 8.
  5. ^ United Press International (1989), 3.
  6. ^ Associated Press (Jan. 26, 1989), 5,
  7. ^ Hoshii (1993), 178.
  8. ^ Japan stock scandal (1989), 5.
  9. ^ Hartcher (1989), 9.
  10. ^ Hayes (2004), 110.
  11. ^ "List of recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award". scout.org. WOSM. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  12. ^ http://bsy87arc2.tobys.biz/Y87/08_BRZ/2008_03%20Scouting%202.pdf
  13. ^ reinanzaka-sc.o.oo7.jp/kiroku/documents/20140523-3-kiji-list.pdf

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House of Representatives of Japan
Preceded by
Ihei Ochi 		Chair, Committee on Transport of the House of Representatives
1982–1983 		Succeeded by
Toshiichi Fuke
Preceded by
Shun Ōide 		Chair, Committee on Discipline of the House of Representatives
1993–1996 		Succeeded by
Keiwa Okuda
Political offices
Preceded by
Yasuhiro Nakasone 		Minister of Transport
1968–1970 		Succeeded by
Tomisaburō Hashimoto
Preceded by
Chūji Kuno 		Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
1973–1974 		Succeeded by
Toshio Kashima
Preceded by
Eiichi Nakao 		Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency
1988–1989 		Succeeded by
Kōichirō Aino
Party political offices
Preceded by
Shin Kanemaru 		Chair, Diet Affairs Committee of the Liberal Democratic Party
1972–1973 		Succeeded by
Hajime Fukuda
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