Okinori Kaya
Okinori Kaya | |
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賀屋 興宣 | |
Kaya in 1962 | |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 18 July 1963 – 18 July 1964 | |
| Prime Minister | Hayato Ikeda |
| Preceded by | Kunio Nakagaki |
| Succeeded by | Hitoshi Takahashi |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 18 October 1941 – 19 February 1944 | |
| Prime Minister | Hideki Tojo |
| Preceded by | Masatsune Ogura |
| Succeeded by | Sotaro Ishiwata |
| In office 4 June 1937 – 26 May 1938 | |
| Prime Minister | Fumimaro Konoe |
| Preceded by | Toyotarō Yūki |
| Succeeded by | Shigeaki Ikeda |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 23 May 1958 – 13 November 1972 | |
| Constituency | Tokyo 3rd |
| Member of the House of Peers | |
| In office 9 December 1938 – 3 December 1945 Nominated by the Emperor | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 January 1889 Hiroshima, Japan |
| Died | 9 May 1977 (aged 88) Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
Okinori Kaya (賀屋 興宣, Kaya Okinori; January 30, 1889 – May 9, 1977) was a Japanese bureaucrat and politician who served as Minister of Finance from 1937 to 1938 and 1941 to 1944, and as Minister of Justice from 1963 to 1964.
Born in Hiroshima, Kaya graduated from Tokyo Imperial University and joined the Ministry of Finance. After a successful career he became Minister of Finance in the first cabinet of Fumimaro Konoe and again in the wartime cabinet of Hideki Tojo. After the Japanese surrender he was sentenced to life in prison by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. Paroled in 1955, Kaya was rehabilitated and served in the House of Representatives for the Liberal Democratic Party, and as Minister of Justice under Hayato Ikeda.