Ichirō Kiyose

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Japanese politician and lawyer

Japan PoliticiansLived 1884 to 1967 · aged 82

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Ichirō Kiyose was a Japanese lawyer and politician who rose to serve as Minister of Education and later Speaker of the House of Representatives in the National Diet.

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A scrum at the rostrum of the National Diet, as Japan Socialist Party Diet members attempt to prevent Speaker of the Lower House Ichirō Kiyose from calling for a vote on extending the Diet Session, while being restrained by police officers, May 19, 1960

Awards 1

Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class

Connected to Ichirō 6

Fujimaro TsukubaAlso won Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class

Ōkubo HarunoAlso won Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class

Michitomi HigashikuzeAlso won Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class

Takeji NaraAlso won Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class

Ishizuka EizōAlso won Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class

Ōshima Ken'ichiAlso won Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class

About this person

Ichirō Kiyose was a Japanese lawyer and politician who rose to serve as Minister of Education and later Speaker of the House of Representatives in the National Diet. As a lawyer, he rose to fame in Japan as one of the defense attorneys for the perpetrators of the May 15 Incident in 1932, and then later became famous internationally when he defended former prime minister Hideki Tōjō during the Tokyo War Crimes Trials after World War II. In 1960, as Speaker of the House of Representatives, he presided over the ramming through the Diet of the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty that cemented in place the U.S.-Japan alliance and allows the United States to maintain military bases on Japanese soil.

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Japan