Kingo Machimura

Kingo Machimura (町村 金五, Machimura Kingo; 16 August 1900 – 14 December 1992) was a Japanese politician who served as governor of Toyama Prefecture (1941–1943), Governor of Niigata Prefecture (1945) and the second Governor of Hokkaido (1959–1971). He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He was a graduate of the University of Tokyo. He was a recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun. His second son was Nobutaka Machimura, who was twice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan and Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan.

Prime MinisterKakuei Tanaka

Preceded byMasumi Esaki

Succeeded byHajime Fukuda

Prime MinisterKakuei Tanaka

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Kingo Machimura
町村 金五
Minister of Home Affairs
In office 25 November 1973 – 11 November 1974
Prime Minister	Kakuei Tanaka
Preceded by	Masumi Esaki
Succeeded by	Hajime Fukuda
Director-General of the Hokkaido Development Agency
In office 25 November 1973 – 11 November 1974
Prime Minister	Kakuei Tanaka
Preceded by	Masumi Esaki
Succeeded by	Hajime Fukuda
Member of the House of Councillors
In office 4 July 1971 – 9 July 1983
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	National district
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 2 October 1952 – 25 March 1959
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Tomiyo Takada
Constituency	Hokkaido 1st
Governor of Hokkaido Prefecture
In office 23 April 1959 – 22 April 1971
Monarch	Hirohito
Preceded by	Toshibumi Tanaka
Succeeded by	Naohiro Dōgakinai
Governor of Niigata Prefecture
In office 1 February 1945 – 9 April 1945
Monarch	Hirohito
Preceded by	Tamon Maeda
Succeeded by	Masafuku Hatada
Governor of Toyama Prefecture
In office 7 January 1941 – 23 April 1943
Monarch	Hirohito
Preceded by	Kenzo Yano
Succeeded by	Nobuyoshi Saka
Personal details
Born	(1900-08-16)16 August 1900 Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Died	14 December 1992(1992-12-14) (aged 92) Tokyo, Japan
Party	Liberal Democratic
Other political affiliations	Kaishintō (1952–1954) Liberal (1954–1955)
Spouse	Machiya Biba
Children	Nobutaka Machimura (son)
Parent	Kinya Machimura (father)
Alma mater	Tokyo Imperial University

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