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Tadahiko Shimadzu
Tadahiko Shimadzu
島津忠彦
Member of the House of Councillors
	In office; May 3rd, 1947 – June 3rd, 1956
Constituency	Kagoshima at-large district
Member of the House of Peers
	In office; July 10th, 1939 – May 2nd, 1947
Personal details
Born	August 30, 1899; Kagoshima City
Died	May 12, 1980 (aged 80)
Alma mater	Seikei Business school (now Seikei University)

Tadahiko Shimazu (島津忠彦, Shimazu Tadahiko, August 30, 1899 – May 12, 1980)^[1] or Tadahiko Shimadzu (Shimadzu Tadahiko) was a Japanese politician who served as a member of the National Diet.

Biography

He was born in Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture^[2] and was born to the House of Shigetomi of the Shimadzu clan.^[1] His father is Baron Shimazu Sounosuke.^[1] Tadahiko became a baron by succession in 1925.^[1] Tadahiko’s younger brother Hisamoto Katō [ja] was a yōga painter.^[3]

Tadahiko learned at Kagoshima Prefectural Daini-Kagoshima Middle School (鹿児島県立第二鹿児島中学校, now Kagoshima Prefectural Konan High School)^[2] and Seikei Business School (成蹊実業専門学校, now Seikei University).^[4] He graduated from Seikei Business School in 1923 and worked at Mitsubishi Bank for about ten years^[2]. Then he served as the president of several companies.^[4]

He was elected to a member of the House of Peers of the Imperial Diet from barons in 1939 and he served until 1947 when the House of Peers was abolished.^[4] After World War II, he was elected to a member of House of Councillors of the National Diet from Kagoshima at-large district in 1947 election and 1950 election.^[4]^[5] He was initially an independent member and later belonged to the Liberal Party^[5] and then the Liberal Democratic Party.^[4] He served as the Chairs of the Committee on telecommunications of the House of Councillors.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 霞会館華族家系大成編輯委員会, ed. (1996). 平成新修旧華族家系大成上巻 (in Japanese). Japan: 吉川弘文館. pp. 739–740. ISBN 9784642036702.
^ ^a ^b ^c 南日本新聞 (in Japanese). 1950-06-06. morning issue p.1.
^ 南日本新聞社, ed. (1970). 郷土人系下 (in Japanese). Japan: 春苑堂書店. p. 37.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 衆議院・参議院, ed. (1990). 議会制度百年史貴族院・参議院議員名鑑 (in Japanese). Japan: 大蔵省印刷局. pp. 73–74, 327.
^ ^a ^b 日外アソシエーツ, ed. (2017). 国政選挙総覧 1947～2016 (in Japanese). Japan: 日外アソシエーツ. ISBN 9784816926747.

[HKK-1] 霞会館華族家系大成編輯委員会, ed. (1996). 平成新修旧華族家系大成上巻 (in Japanese). Japan: 吉川弘文館. pp. 739–740. ISBN 9784642036702.

[MNS-2] 南日本新聞 (in Japanese). 1950-06-06. morning issue p.1.

[3] 南日本新聞社, ed. (1970). 郷土人系下 (in Japanese). Japan: 春苑堂書店. p. 37.

[KSM-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 衆議院・参議院, ed. (1990). 議会制度百年史貴族院・参議院議員名鑑 (in Japanese). Japan: 大蔵省印刷局. pp. 73–74, 327.

[KSS-5] 日外アソシエーツ, ed. (2017). 国政選挙総覧 1947～2016 (in Japanese). Japan: 日外アソシエーツ. ISBN 9784816926747.

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