or Tadahiko Shimadzu (''Shimadzu Tadahiko'') was a Japanese politician who served as a member of the National Diet.

Biography

He was born in

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City,

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(in Japanese). 1950-06-06. morning issue p.1. and was born to the House of Shigetomi of the Shimadzu clan. His father is Baron Shimazu Sounosuke. Tadahiko became a baron by succession in 1925. Tadahiko’s younger brother was a ''

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'' painter. Tadahiko learned at and . He graduated from Seikei Business School in 1923 and worked at

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for about ten years. Then he served as the president of several companies. 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. After

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, he was elected to a member of

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of the

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from

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in 1947 election and 1950 election. He was initially an independent member and later belonged to the

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and then the Liberal Democratic Party. He served as the Chairs of the Committee on telecommunications of the House of Councillors.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kosehira, Toshifumi 20th-century Japanese politicians Members of the House of Councillors (Japan) Members of the House of Peers (Japan) Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Politicians from Kagoshima Prefecture Seikei University alumni People from Kagoshima Prefecture 1899 births 1980 deaths