Eiichi Nishimura | |
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西村 英一 | |
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| ActingPresident of the Liberal Democratic Party | |
| In office 12 June 1980 – 15 July 1980 | |
| Vice President | Himself |
| Secretary-General | Yoshio Sakurauchi |
| Preceded by | Masayoshi Ōhira |
| Succeeded by | Zenkō Suzuki |
| Vice President of the Liberal Democratic Party | |
| In office January 1979 – November 1980 | |
| President | Masayoshi Ōhira Himself Zenkō Suzuki |
| Secretary-General | Kunikichi Saito Yoshio Sakurauchi |
| Preceded by | Funada Naka |
| Succeeded by | Susumu Nikaidō (1984) |
| Director-General of the Administrative Management Agency | |
| In office 24 December 1976 – 1 February 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Takeo Fukuda Masayoshi Ōhira |
| Preceded by | Seijuro Arafune |
| Succeeded by | Motohiko Kanai |
| Director-General of the National Land Agency | |
| In office 26 June 1974 – 11 November 1974 | |
| Prime Minister | Kakuei Tanaka |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Hyosuke Niwa |
| Minister of Construction | |
| In office 5 July 1971 – 7 July 1972 | |
| Prime Minister | Eisaku Satō |
| Preceded by | Nemoto Ryutaro |
| Succeeded by | Takeo Kimura |
| In office 3 December 1966 – 25 November 1967 | |
| Prime Minister | Eisaku Satō |
| Preceded by | Tomisaburo Hashimoto |
| Succeeded by | Shigeru Hori |
| Minister of Health and Welfare | |
| In office 18 July 1962 – 18 July 1963 | |
| Prime Minister | Hayato Ikeda |
| Preceded by | Hirokichi Nadao |
| Succeeded by | Takeji Kobayashi |
| Member of theHouse of Representatives | |
| In office 23 May 1958 – 19 May 1980 | |
| Preceded by | Hideichi Noyori |
| Succeeded by | Mikio Abe |
| Constituency | Ōita 2nd |
| In office 24 January 1949 – 24 January 1955 | |
| Preceded by | Matsubara Kazuhiko |
| Succeeded by | Hideichi Noyori |
| Constituency | Ōita 2nd |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1897-08-28)28 August 1897 |
| Died | 15 September 1987(1987-09-15) (aged 90) |
| Party | Liberal Democratic |
| Other political affiliations | DLP (1948–1950) LP (1950–1955) |
| Alma mater | Tohoku Imperial University |
Eiichi Nishimura (西村 英一,Nishimura Eiichi; 28 August 1897 – 15 September 1987) was a Japanese politician, who served in theIkeda,Satō,Tanaka andFukuda cabinets, and was the first to be appointed to the post of Director of theNational Land Agency.[1] Within theLiberal Democratic Party (LDP), he held influence inEisaku Satō andKakuei Tanaka factions, becoming known as the "king's counselor", or the one able to speak his mind with ease.[2]
Nishimura was born on 28 August 1897, inHigashikunisaki District, Ōita.[2] He graduated fromTohoku Imperial University in 1924.[2]
Nishimura's first venture into public office was via theMinistry of Railways, and in the immediate postwar period he was director of the Electric Bureau of the Railway Department of theMinistry of Transport.[2] In 1949, Nishimura won election to theHouse of Representatives of Japan.[2]
In 1962, Nishimura landed his first cabinet position in the cabinet ofHayato Ikeda, serving asMinister of Health.[1][3] He then went on to serve underEisaku Satō, as Construction Minister, on two separate occasions.[1][4][5][6]
In the 1970s, while Nishimura continued to serve in various cabinet posts, including as the first Director of the National Land Agency underKakuei Tanaka, he also began to solidify his rise in the LDP, firstly as leader of the Tanaka faction within the party and then becoming vice president of the party as a whole by the end of the decade.[1][2][7][8][9]
Nishimura retired from politics in 1983.[2] He died on 15 September 1987.[2]
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Hirokichi Nadao | Minister of Health 1962–1963 | Succeeded by Takeji Kobayashi |
| Preceded by Tomisaburo Hashimoto | Minister of Construction 1966–1967 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Ryutaro Nemoto | Minister of Construction 1971–1972 | Succeeded by Takeo Kimura |
| New office | Minister of State 1974 | Office abolished |
| New office | Director of the National Land Agency 1974 | Succeeded by Hyosuke Niwa |
| Preceded by | Director of the Administrative Management Agency 1976–1977 | Succeeded by Motohiko Kanai |
| Party political offices | ||
| Naka Funada | Vice President of the Liberal Democratic Party 1979–1980 | Hirokichi Nadao |
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