Jun'ya Koizumi
Junya Koizumi (小泉 純也, Koizumi Jun'ya) (January 24, 1904 – August 10, 1969) was a Japanese politician who served as Director General of the Japan Defense Agency during the 1960s.
Jun'ya Koizumi | |
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小泉 純也 | |
| Member of the Imperial Diet of Japan (House of Representatives) | |
| In office 1937–1947 | |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 1952 – 1969? | |
| Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency | |
| In office 18 July 1964 – 3 June 1965 | |
| Prime Minister | Hayato Ikeda and Eisaku Satō |
| Preceded by | Fukuda Tokuyasu |
| Succeeded by | Raizo Matsuno |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 24, 1904 Higashi-Kaseda, Kagoshima Prefecture, Empire of Japan |
| Died | 10 August 1969 (aged 65) |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party (After 1952) |
| Alma mater | Nihon University |
Life and career
Koizumi was born Junya Samejima (鮫島 純也, Samejima Jun'ya) in Higashi-Kaseda, Kagoshima Prefecture (now part of Minami-Satsuma); his family were fishermen. He attended high school at night while working in a department store, and then attended law classes at Nihon University while working as a secretary to a Diet member. He graduated in 1930 and joined the Rikken Minseitō political party. He was elected to the Diet in 1937.
He married Yoshie Koizumi, the daughter of Rikken Minseitō director and postal minister Matajirō Koizumi, taking her family name. Junya and Yoshie Koizumi had six children, including Jun'ichirō Koizumi, who later became the Prime Minister of Japan.
Koizumi was purged from politics by the Allied occupation government in the late 1940s, but returned to the Diet in 1952. He was a close ally of Nobusuke Kishi in the postwar years, served as Vice-Minister of Justice under Ichirō Hatoyama and became Director General of the Japan Defense Agency under Hayato Ikeda and Eisaku Satō.