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Masaaki Fujita

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Masaaki Fujita
藤田 正明
Fujita in 1965
President of the House of Councillors
In office
22 July 1986 – 30 September 1988
MonarchShōwa
Vice PresidentHideyuki Seya
Preceded byMutsuo Kimura
Succeeded byYoshihiko Tsuchiya
Director-General of the Okinawa Development Agency
In office
24 December 1976 – 28 November 1977
Prime MinisterTakeo Fukuda
Preceded byShōji Nishimura
Succeeded bySakonshirō Inamura
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
5 July 1965 – 9 July 1989
Preceded byKiichi Miyazawa
Succeeded byYūzan Fujita
ConstituencyHiroshima at-large
Personal details
Born (1922-01-03) 3 January 1922 (age 103)
Hiroshima, Japan
Died27 May 1996(1996-05-27) (aged 74)
Political partyLiberal Democratic
ChildrenYūzan Fujita
Alma materWaseda University

Masaaki Fujita (藤田 正明, Fujita Masaaki, January 3, 1922 – May 27, 1996) was a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Councillors. Fujita was born and brought up in Hiroshima City and he graduated from Waseda University in 1944.[1] During his 30-year political career, he served in some important posts such as the Director General of Okinawa Development Agency (1976-1977) and the President of the House of Councillors (1986-1988).[1] He received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun in 1992.[1]

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