Teiichi Suzuki

Army officer. Born in Chiba Prefecture. Graduated from the Army Academy. Graduated from the Army University in 1917 (Taisho 6). Served in various positions including as a member of the General Staff. During this time, he organized the Mokuyokai (Thursday Society) group of young officers, and strengthened ties with Mori Kaku and future "reformist bureaucrats." In 1933 (Showa 8), he became head of the Army Ministry's newspaper section. He then worked in the Cabinet Research Bureau and the East Asia Development Board. In 1941, he was promoted to reserve (lieutenant general). He was instrumental in controlling the wartime economy, serving as president of the Planning Board in the second and third Konoe Fumimaro and Tojo Hideki cabinets, economic advisor to the cabinet in 1943, and chairman of the Industrial Patriotic Society in 1944. After the war, he was designated a Class A war criminal and sentenced to life imprisonment at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. He was released in 1956 (Showa 31).

[Yuji Odabe]

"Kido Diary Research Group and Modern Japanese Historical Materials Research Group, eds., Suzuki Teiichi Conversation Transcripts, Volumes 1 and 2 (1971, 1974)"

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陸軍軍人。千葉県生まれ。陸軍士官学校卒業。1917年（大正6）陸軍大学卒業。参謀本部員などを歴任。この間少壮将校を集め木曜会を組織したり、森恪(かく)や後の「革新官僚」との結び付きを強めたりする。1933年（昭和8）陸軍省新聞班班長となる。その後、内閣調査局、興亜院で活動。1941年予備役（中将）。第二次・第三次近衛文麿(このえふみまろ)、東条英機内閣の企画院総裁、1943年内閣経済顧問、1944年産業報国会会長など、戦時経済統制に手腕を振るった。戦後、A級戦犯に指名され、極東国際軍事裁判で終身刑となる。1956年（昭和31）釈放。

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『木戸日記研究会・日本近代史料研究会編・刊『鈴木貞一氏談話速記録』上下（1971、1974）』

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