Okinori Kaya
Okinori Kaya | |
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| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 18 July 1963 – 18 July 1964 | |
| Prime Minister | Hayato Ikeda |
| Preceded by | Kunio Nakagaki |
| Succeeded by | |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 18 October 1941 – 19 February 1944 | |
| Prime Minister | Hideki Tojo |
| Preceded by | Masatsune Ogura |
| Succeeded by | |
| In office 4 June 1937 – 26 May 1938 | |
| Prime Minister | Fumimaro Konoe |
| Preceded by | Toyotarō Yūki |
| Succeeded by | Shigeaki Ikeda |
| Finance Secretary | |
| In office 2 February 1937 – 4 June 1937 | |
| Prime Minister | Senjūrō Hayashi |
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| Succeeded by | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 January 1889 Hiroshima, Japan |
| Died | 9 May 1977 (aged 88) Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
Okinori Kaya (賀屋 興宣, Kaya Okinori, January 30, 1889 – May 9, 1977) was the Minister of Finance of Japan between 1941 and 1944. In 1945, he was captured by the Allies, tried by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East and sentenced to twenty years imprisonment. Paroled in 1955, he later served as Minister of Justice from 1963 until 1964.
In Kaya's obituary, Time magazine quoted him as saying that communism means only a dog's life.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Obituary". Time. May 9, 1977. Archived from the original on December 15, 2008.
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