Kōtoku Wamura
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Preceded byYutaka Ōtsubo
Succeeded byYoshio Iwazawa
DiedOctober 18, 1997 (aged 88)
Fudai, Iwate, Japan
Kōtoku Wamura | |
|---|---|
和村 幸得 | |
| Mayor of Fudai | |
| In office 5 April 1947 – 30 April 1987 | |
| Preceded by | Yutaka Ōtsubo |
| Succeeded by | Yoshio Iwazawa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 21, 1909 |
| Died | October 18, 1997 (aged 88) Fudai, Iwate, Japan |
| Party | Independent |
| Alma mater | Keio University |
Kōtoku Wamura (Japanese: 和村幸得, Hepburn: Wamura Kōtoku; February 21, 1909 – October 18, 1997) was a Japanese politician and hero who was the mayor of Fudai in Iwate Prefecture from 1947 to 1987.[1] He was credited with creating the floodgates that saved the village of Fudai, Iwate from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
