Yasujirō Tsutsumi

Yasujirō Tsutsumi
堤 康次郎
Tsutsumi in 1955
Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office
May 18, 1953  December 10, 1954
Preceded byBanboku Ōno
Succeeded byTō Matsunaga
Personal details
Born7 March 1889 (1889-03-07)
Yagisho, Shiga Prefecture
Died26 April 1964 (1964-04-27) (aged 75)
Resting placeKamakura
Political partyKaishintō
Alma materWaseda University

Yasujirō Tsutsumi (堤 康次郎, Tsutsumi Yasujirō; 7 March 1889 − 26 April 1964) was a Japanese entrepreneur, politician, and business tycoon who founded a dynasty which became the wealthiest, most influential family of 20th century Japan. Tsutsumi served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan from May 1953 to December 1954, resigning at the end of the government of Shigeru Yoshida.