Moichi Miyazaki (宮崎 茂一, Miyazaki Moichi, February 15, 1917 – February 16, 2004) was a Japanese politician, a member of the National Diet and a Cabinet member. He was a bureaucrat of Home Ministry, Economic Planning Agency, and Ministry of Transport before he became a politician.[1][2]
Moichi Miyazaki | |
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宮崎 茂一 | |
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| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office December 10, 1972 – September 27, 1996 | |
| Constituency | Former Kagoshima 1st District |
| Director General of the Science and Technology Agencyand (Minister of State) | |
| In office December 27, 1988 – June 2, 1989 | |
| Prime Minister | Noboru Takeshita |
| Preceded by | Soichiro Ito |
| Succeeded by | Kishirō Nakamura |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 15, 1917 Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | February 16, 2004 (aged 87) |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
Biography
editHe was born in Taniyama (now part of Kagoshima City), Kagoshima Prefecture.[3] In 1933, he finished Kagoshima Prefectural Daini-Kagoshima Middle School (now Kagoshima Prefectural Konan High School) in the fourth grade of five-year course to advance on to Seventh Higher School Zoshikan (now Kagoshima University).[1] He graduated from Seventh Higher School Zoshikan in 1936[1] and from Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Imperial University (now University of Tokyo) in 1939.[1][2] In the year of his university graduation, he entered the Civil Engineering Bureau of Home Ministry.[1][2] He served as the Director-Generals of some bureaus of Ministry of Transport in the 1960's.[1]
He was first elected to a member of the House of Representatives of the National Diet in 1972[1] and was elected 8 times. He served as Director General of the Science and Technology Agency in the Cabinet of Noboru Takeshita from December 27, 1988 to June 2, 1989.[4] He also served as the Chairs of the Committee on Judicial Affairs and the Committee on Communications of the House of Representatives.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g 鶴岡 正夫, ed. (September 1976). 青少年の座右銘 現代鹿児島の百人 (in Japanese). Japan: 育英出版社. p. 166.
- ^ a b c d "昭和63年 原子力委員会月報 12月号（第33巻 第12号）「原子力委員会委員長の就任について」 - 原子力委員会 (Japanese Atomic Energy Commission)" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-09-18.
- ^ 谷山市誌編纂委員会, ed. (1967). 谷山市誌 (in Japanese). Japan: 谷山市. p. 1198.
- ^ "「文部科学省の歴代大臣 第32代国務大臣科学技術庁長官 宮崎茂一」 - 文部科学省公式サイト（Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Official Website）" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-09-18.