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Appendix A
The Political and Administrative Leadership of the Trade and Industry Bureaucracy, 19251975
Ministers
Vice-ministers
I. MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (Shoko-sho *), 19251943
First
Kato
*
Takaaki Cabinet, June 11, 1924August 2, 1925 (Coalition)
1. Takahashi Korekiyo, 4/1/254/17/25
(Seiyukai*)
1. Shijo* Takafusa, 4/1/254/10/29
2. Noda Utaro*, 4/18/258/2/25 (Seiyukai)
Second Kato Takaaki Cabinet, August 2, 1925January 30, 1926 (Kenseikai)
3. Kataoka Naoharu, 8/2/251/30/26
(Minseito*)
First Wakatsuki Cabinet, January 30, 1926April 20, 1927
(Minseito
*
)
Kataoka Naoharu, 1/30/269/14/26
4. Fujisawa Ikunosuke, 9/14/264/20/27
(Minseito)
Tanaka Giichi Cabinet, April 20, 1927July 2, 1929
(Seiyukai
*
)
5. Nakahashi Tokugoro*, 4/20/277/2/29
(Seiyukai)
2. Mitsui Yonematsu, 4/10/297/2/30
Hamaguchi Cabinet, July 2, 1929April 14, 1931 (Minseito)
6. Tawara Magoichi, 7/2/294/14/31
(Minseito)
3. Tajima Katsutaro*, 7/2/3012/21/31
Second Wakatsuki Cabinet, April 14, 1931December 13, 1931 (Minseito)
7. Sakurauchi Yukio, 4/14/3112/13/31
(Minseito)
Inukai Cabinet, December 13, 1931May 26, 1932 (Seiyukai)
8. Maeda Yonezo*, 12/13/315/26/32
(Seiyukai)
4. Yoshino Shinji, 12/21/3110/7/36
(Adm.)
Saito
*
Cabinet, May 26, 1932July 8, 1934 (national unity)
9. Nakajima Kumakichi, 5/26/322/9/34
(Furukawa zaibatsu)
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