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Mikio Mizuta

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Mikio Mizuta
水田 三喜男
Mizuta in 1962
Minister of Finance
In office
5 July 1971 – 7 July 1972
Prime MinisterEisaku Satō
Preceded byTakeo Fukuda
Succeeded byKoshiro Ueki
In office
3 December 1966 – 30 November 1968
Prime MinisterEisaku Satō
Preceded byTakeo Fukuda
Succeeded byTakeo Fukuda
In office
19 July 1960 – 18 July 1962
Prime MinisterHayato Ikeda
Preceded byEisaku Satō
Succeeded byKakuei Tanaka
Minister of International Trade and Industry
In office
23 December 1956 – 10 July 1957
Prime MinisterTanzan Ishibashi
Nobusuke Kishi
Preceded byTanzan Ishibashi
Succeeded byShigesaburō Maeo
Director-General of the Economic Deliberation Agency
In office
3 March 1953 – 21 May 1953
Prime MinisterShigeru Yoshida
Preceded bySankurō Ogasawara
Succeeded byKiyohide Okano
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
11 April 1946 – 12 December 1976
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byChiyose Chiba
ConstituencyChiba at-large (1946–1947)
Chiba 3rd (1947–1976)
Personal details
Born(1905-04-13)13 April 1905
Kamogawa, Chiba, Japan
Died22 December 1976(1976-12-22) (aged 71)
Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan
PartyLiberal Democratic
Other political
affiliations
JLP (1945–1948)
DLP (1948–1950)
LP (1950–1955)
ChildrenNoriko Mizuta
Alma materKyoto University

Mikio Mizuta (水田 三喜男, Mizuta Mikio; 13 April 1905 – 22 December 1976) was a Japanese jurist, educator and politician. He served as finance minister of Japan three times and was the founder of Josai University.

Early life and education

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Mizuta was born in 1905 in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture.[1][2] He held a law degree from Kyoto Imperial University.[2]

Career

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Mizuta was elected to the House of Representatives in 1946 after World War II.[2] He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).[3] He was the minister of trade and industry from 23 December 1956 to 10 July 1957.[4]

He served as the minister of finance for three terms.[5][6] He was first appointed to the post on 19 July 1960 and was in office until 18 July 1962.[5] During this period Japan suffered a financial crisis running a deficit of $700m in July 1961. It fell on Mizuta to successfully negotiate short term loans with three American banks. Despite his nerves, he chain-smoked his way to a successful outcome using Japan's underlying financial strength as security.[7]

Mizuta was the chair of the LDP policy research committee from July 1966 to December 1966 when he was again appointed finance minister.[5][8] His second ministerial term lasted until 30 November 1968.[5] From 12 January 1970 to 5 July 1971 he was again the chair of the LDP policy research committee.[8] His third term as finance minister was between 5 July 1971 and 7 July 1972.[5] From 25 November 1973 to 11 November 1974 Mizuta served again as the chair of the LDP policy research committee.[8] Mizuta also as Special Envoy to attend Spanish Generalissimo Francisco Franco's Funeral.

He founded Josai University in 1965.[9] He was the chancellor and president of it and the house member until his death on 22 December 1976.[3][9]

Legacy

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The house where Mizuta was born in Kamogawa is a nationally registered asset and a public museum run by Josai University.[1]

References

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  1. 1 2 "House of Mikio Mizuta (Nationally Registered Cultural Assets)". City of Kamogawa. Retrieved 13 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. 1 2 3 The Founder: Mikio Mizuta Josai University. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  3. 1 2 Karl Dixon (Summer 1977). "The 1976 General Election in Japan". Pacific Affairs. 50 (2): 208–230. doi:10.2307/2756299. JSTOR 2756299.
  4. ↑ Chalmers Johnson (1982). Miti and the Japanese Miracle: The Growth of Industrial Policy, 1925–1975. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. p. 330. Archived from the original on 2 December 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2017.[ISBN missing]
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Finance Ministers of Japan Rulers. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  6. ↑ John Creighton Campbell (1980). Contemporary Japanese Budget Politics. University of California Press. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-520-04087-8. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  7. ↑ J. Robert Brown (1999). The Ministry of Finance : bureaucratic practices and the transformation of the Japanese economy ([Online-Ausg.] ed.). Westport, CT: Quorum. p. 58. ISBN 978-1567202304.
  8. 1 2 3 Toshihiro Nakamura (December 2002). "A Declining Technocratic Regime" (Democracy, Governance and Human Rights Programme Paper Number 9). United Nations Research Institute for Social Development. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  9. 1 2 "A special event to remember our founder Mikio Mizuta". Josai University. 21 December 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
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