Toyosuke Hata | |
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秦 豊助 | |
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| Minister of Colonial Affairs | |
| In office 13 December 1931 – 26 May 1932 | |
| Prime Minister | Inukai Tsuyoshi |
| Preceded by | Wakatsuki Reijirō |
| Succeeded by | Ryūtarō Nagai |
| Member of theHouse of Representatives | |
| In office 25 March 1915 – 4 February 1933 | |
| Preceded by | Multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | Yasutaro Suzuki |
| Constituency | Saitama Prefecture (1915–1920) Single-member Saitama 1st (1920–1928) Multi-member Saitama 1st (1928–1928) |
| Governor ofTokushima Prefecture | |
| In office 28 April 1914 – 8 January 1915 | |
| Monarch | Taishō |
| Preceded by | Katsusaburō Watanabe |
| Succeeded by | Riheita Kameyama |
| Governor ofAkita Prefecture | |
| In office 28 March 1912 – 28 April 1914 | |
| Monarchs | Meiji Taishō |
| Preceded by | Mori Masataka |
| Succeeded by | Saburo Sakamoto |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1872-09-29)29 September 1872 |
| Died | 4 February 1933(1933-02-04) (aged 60) Tsukiji, Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Rikken Seiyūkai |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
Toyosuke Hata (秦 豊助,Hata Toyosuke; September 29, 1872 – February 4, 1933), was a politician and cabinet minister in theEmpire of Japan, serving as governor ofAkita Prefecture and ofTokushima Prefecture, and as a member of theLower House of theDiet of Japan seven times, and once as a cabinet minister.
Hata was born inTsukiji,Tokyo, where his father, a shipping magnate, was Vice-Speaker of theTokyo Metropolitan Assembly. Hata graduated from the law school ofTokyo Imperial University, and found a position as a bureaucrat within theHome Ministry in 1896.
In May 1897, Hata was appointed a legalcouncilor toFukui Prefecture. This was followed by assignments inEhime,Chiba andKanagawa Prefectures. In April 1905, he was sent to Europe for studies, returning in May 1906. In July 1906 he was sent toNagasaki Prefecture has the head representative of the Home Ministry.
In March 1912, Hata assumed the post of governor ofAkita Prefecture, which he held to 1914. He was then assigned the post of governor ofTokushima Prefecture from 1914 to 1915.Hata made his debut in national politics during the1915 General Election and was elected to the Lower House as a representative fromSaitama. He was subsequently reelected six times. He served in a number of vice ministerial posts, and became Secretary-General of theRikken Seiyūkai political party in July 1927.
In December 1931, Hata was picked to beMinister of Colonial Affairs under theInukai administration, which he held until the collapse of that administration following theMay 15 Incident in May 1932. Hata died the following year at age 61.
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| Preceded by | Minister of Colonial Affairs December 1931 – May 1932 | Succeeded by |