Masashi Ishibashi

Politician. Born in Taiwan. Graduated from Taipei College of Economics and Kumamoto Reserve Officer Academy. After serving as Secretary-General of the Sasebo Branch of the All Japan Stationed Labor Union, Chairman of the Nagasaki Prefectural Labor Council, and Member of the Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly, he was elected as a member of the left-wing Socialist Party in the general election of 1955 (Showa 30), and has been elected continuously ever since. In the Socialist Party, he belongs to the Katsumata faction. He mainly worked in the fields of foreign affairs and defense, and was active as one of the "Five Men of the Security Treaty" during the 1960 Security Treaty Treaty. After serving as Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Director-General of the General Affairs Bureau, and Director-General of the International Affairs Bureau, he served as Secretary-General for seven years from 1970, teaming up with Chairman Tomomi Narita. During this time, he announced the "Ishibashi Plan" for the gradual reduction of the Self-Defense Forces in 1966. In 1982, he became Vice-Chairman, and compiled a proposal for restructuring the party, but resigned in December of the same year. In 1983, he became the 9th Chairman, becoming the first Socialist Party Chairman to come from a labor union. He resigned in 1986 and retired in 1990. He was the type of person who valued reality over ideology. His books include "Unarmed Neutrality."

[Satoru Ito]

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政治家。台湾生まれ。台北経済専門学校、熊本予備士官学校卒業。全駐労佐世保支部書記長、長崎県労評議長、長崎県議を経て1955年（昭和30）総選挙で左派社会党から当選、以後連続当選。社会党では勝間田(かつまた)派に属す。おもに外交・防衛畑を歩き、60年安保では「安保五人男」の一人として活躍。党外交防衛委員長、総務局長、国際局長を経て、1970年から7年間書記長として成田知巳(ともみ)委員長とコンビを組む。この間1966年に自衛隊漸減に関する「石橋構想」を発表。1982年副委員長に就任、党の機構改革案をまとめたが同年12月辞任。1983年第9代委員長に就任、社会党初の労組出身の委員長となる。1986年辞任、1990年引退。イデオロギーより現実を重視するタイプであった。著書に『非武装中立論』がある。

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