Kasuga Ikkō
Japanese politician (1910–1989) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kasuga Ikkō (Japanese: 春日 一幸; 25 March 1910 – 2 May 1989) was a Japanese politician who served as Chairman of the Democratic Socialist Party of Japan from 1971 to 1977,[1] and as a Representative from Aichi from 1952 until his death in 1989.[2]
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Kasuga Ikkō | |
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Chairman of the Democratic Socialist Party | |
In office 27 April 1971 – 28 November 1977 | |
Preceded by | Eiichi Nishimura |
Succeeded by | Ryōsaku Sasaki |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office 2 October 1952 – 2 May 1989 | |
Constituency | Aichi 1st district |
Personal details | |
Born | 25 March 1910 Kaizu, Gifu, Japan |
Died | 2 May 1989 |
Political party | DSP |
Other political affiliations | JSP (1947-1952) (1955-1960) Right Socialist Party (1952-1955) |
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Ikkō was born in a village in Kaizu, where he grew up in a farming family alongside several sisters. He enrolled in the Nagoya Higher Technical School, and graduated in 1928.[3]