Morita Shigeru (politician)

Morita Shigeru

Morita Shigeru ( Japanese 森田 茂 ; born September 19, 1872 in Saoka (佐岡 村) Kami (香 美 郡) County ( Kōchi Prefecture ); died November 30, 1932 ) was a Japanese politician.

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Morita Shigeru made his degree in Tokyo at the training center for lawyers "Meiji hōritsu gakkō" (明治 法律 bestand) and in 1892 passed the examination as a lawyer. In 1899 he became a member of the Kōchi Prefectural Assembly .

From 1901 Morita worked as a public prosecutor at the Kyōto District Court (京都 地方 裁判 所, Kyōto chihō saiban-sho), but gave up the position after a year and opened a law firm. In 1911 he was elected to the Kyōto city parliament, whose president he later became. In 1915 he came to the House of Commons via the Kenseikai and was re-elected six times. On May 4, 1927, he became President of the House of Commons and held this position until January 21, 1928. He attended meetings of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and looked around Europe. From December 1831 he was mayor of Kyoto. Much of his work was devoted to bringing together the city's power stations.

Individual evidence

1. ^ List of the presidents of the Shūgiin .

Remarks

1. ↑ The training center founded by Kishida Tatsuo (1851–1912) later became Meiji University .

Web links

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Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Morita is the family name, Shigeru the first name.