Tadaatsu Ishiguro
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Tadaatsu Ishiguro | |
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石黒 忠篤 | |
 Ishiguro in 1943 | |
| Minister of Agriculture and Commerce | |
| In office 7 April 1945 – 17 August 1945 | |
| Prime Minister | Kantarō Suzuki |
| Preceded by | Toshio Shimada |
| Succeeded by | Kōtarō Sengoku |
| Minister of Agriculture and Forestry | |
| In office 24 July 1940 – 11 June 1941 | |
| Prime Minister | Fumimaro Konoe |
| Preceded by | Fumimaro Konoe |
| Succeeded by | Hiroya Ino |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
| In office 6 May 1952 – 10 March 1960 | |
| Preceded by | Toyohisa Morita |
| Succeeded by | Multi-member district |
| Constituency | Shizuoka at-large (1952–1956) National district (1956–1960) |
| Member of the House of Peers | |
| In office 14 January 1943 – 16 February 1946 Nominated by the Emperor | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 January 1884 |
| Died | 10 March 1960 (aged 76) |
| Party | Ryokufūkai (1952–1960) |
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| Relatives | Hozumi Nobushige (father-in-law) |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
| Occupation | Bureaucrat, politician, cabinet minister |
Tadaatsu Ishiguro (石黒 忠篤, Ishiguro Tadaatsu; 9 January 1884 – 10 March 1960) was a bureaucrat, politician, and cabinet minister in the government of the pre-war Empire of Japan, as well as in post-war Japan.
Ishiguro was born in Tokyo. His father, Ishiguro Tadanori was the Commander-in-chief of the medical corps of Imperial Japanese Army, and president of the Japan Red Cross. He graduated from the predecessor to Kagoshima University before obtaining a degree in law from Tokyo Imperial University in 1908. On graduation, he was accepted into the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce. Active in literary circles, he was a member of a coterie established by Nitobe Inazō, with Yanagida Kunio as one of its members.
Bureaucratic career
In 1914, the ministry sent him to Europe to study agricultural policies, and he rose to the position of chief of the Agricultural Policy Bureau in 1919. In 1924, he turned to agricultural reform by publishing a survey on tenant farming practices and sponsoring a bill for mediation in tenant farmer disputes,[1] and for the creation of medical cooperatives in rural areas.[2] He then served as director of the Silk Bureau. In 1931, he was promoted to undersecretary of Agriculture. However, he retired from the ministry in 1934, subsequently serving as president of a Rural Welfare Association.
