Hiroo Wada

Japanese: 和田博雄 - わだひろお

Born: February 17, 1903, Saitama
[Died] March 4, 1967. Tokyo politician. Graduated from the University of Tokyo. Joined the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. In 1941 he was implicated in the Planning Board scandal, but was acquitted in 1945. In the same year he promoted land reform as director of the Agricultural Policy Bureau under Agriculture Minister Matsumura Kenzo. He was elected Minister of Agriculture in 1946 and member of the House of Councillors in 1947. He became Director-General of the Economic Stabilization Board in the Katayama Cabinet, and drew up emergency economic policies for postwar reconstruction. He joined the Japan Socialist Party in 1948. A member of the left wing, he served as chairman of the Policy Research Council and director of the International Bureau. He became vice-chairman in 1964, but retired in 1966.

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Japanese:

[生]1903.2.17. 埼玉
[没]1967.3.4. 東京
政治家。東京大学を卒業。農林省に入る。 1941年企画院事件に連座したが，45年無罪。同年松村謙三農相のもとで農政局長として農地改革を推進。 46年農相，47年参議院議員に当選。片山内閣の経済安定本部長官となり，戦後再建の緊急経済政策を立案した。 48年日本社会党に入党。左派に属し，政審会長，国際局長などを歴任。 64年副委員長となったが，66年引退。

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