Tsuruyo Kondo
Tsuruyo Kondo | |
|---|---|
近藤 鶴代 | |
Kondo in 1962 | |
| Director-General of the Science and Technology Agency | |
| In office 18 July 1962 – 18 July 1963 | |
| Prime Minister | Hayato Ikeda |
| Preceded by | Takeo Miki |
| Succeeded by | Eisaku Sato |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
| In office 9 July 1956 – 7 July 1968 | |
| Preceded by | Takenori Katō |
| Succeeded by | Kazuo Koeda |
| Constituency | Okayama at-large |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 11 April 1946 – 14 March 1953 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Kenji Nakahara |
| Constituency | Okayama Prefecture (1946–1947) Okayama 2nd (1947–1953) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 November 1901 Niimi, Okayama, Japan |
| Died | 9 August 1970 (aged 68) |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic |
| Other political affiliations | JLP (1946–1948) DLP (1948–1950) LP (1950–1955) |
| Alma mater | Japan Women's University |
Tsuruyo Kondo (近藤 鶴代) (November 16, 1901 – August 9, 1970) was a Japanese politician who served as Director General of the Science and Technology Agency from 1962 to 1963, in the cabinet of Hayato Ikeda.
Early life and education
Kondo was born in Niimi, Okayama Prefecture on November 16, 1901.[1] In 1924 she graduated from the Japan Women's University and began working at two schools in Okayama, the Sanyo Koto Jogakko and the Okayama-ken Daiichi Okayama Koto Jogakko.[2] She taught manners and home economics.
Political career
After World War II, Kondo's brother, a politician affiliated with the Japan Progressive Party named Kotani Setsuo, was purged in 1946. This purge prevented him from running for office. Kondo ran in his stead without a party to represent Okayama prefecture in the House of Representatives. She was one of the first female politicians in post-war Japan.[3] After she was elected, she became a member of the Liberal Party, then the Democratic Liberal Party, and then the Freedom Party. In 1948, she was selected to become the Parliamentary Vice-Minister in Shigeru Yoshida's cabinet.
Kondo was elected four times, until she lost the 1953 and 1955 elections. She returned to politics when she was elected to the House of Councillors in 1956, representing Okayama prefecture.[4] Kondo aligned herself with Banboku Ōno's faction within the Liberal Democratic Party. After she was re-elected in 1962, Kondo was offered a position in Hayato Ikeda's cabinet as the chairwoman of the Japanese Atomic Energy Commission and the director of the Japanese Science and Technology Agency.[5] After Masa Nakayama, Kondo was the second woman ever appointed to the Japanese cabinet.[1]
Kondo retired from politics in 1968. She died in 1970 at the age of 68.[1]
Further reading
- Nakamura, Junsuke (1974). 薊の記―近藤鶴代伝 [Record of a thistle: A Biography of Tsuruyo Kondo]. Tokyo: Pelican.
References
- ^ a b c 日本人名大辞典+Plus, デジタル版. "近藤鶴代(こんどう つるよ)とは". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-01-22.
- ^ "昭和３７年 原子力委員会月報７(8)原子力委員会委員長に近藤鶴代氏就任". www.aec.go.jp. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
- ^ C., Mackie, Vera (2003). Feminism in modern Japan : citizenship, embodiment, and sexuality. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 240. ISBN 9780511675072. OCLC 667084879.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "女性大臣の系譜 写真特集：時事ドットコム". 時事ドットコム (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-01-22.
- ^ Political Handbook of the World. Center for Comparative Political Research of the State University of New York at Binghamton and for the Council on Foreign Relations. 1963.
| Predecessor： Shiro Kiuchi |
Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs 1961-1962 |
Successor： Seiichi Inoue |
| Political offices | ||
| Predecessor： Takeo Miki |
Minister of State Head of Science and Technology Agency 1962-1963 |
Successor: Eisaku Sato |
| Predecessor： Takeo Miki |
Chairman of the Japanese Atomic Energy Commission 1962-1963 |
Successor: Eisaku Sato |