Seijuro Arafune

Seijuro Arafune
荒舩 清十郎
Arafune in 1953
Director-General of the Administrative Management Agency
In office 28 November 1977 – 7 December 1978
Prime Minister	Takeo Fukuda
Preceded by	Eiichi Nishimura
Succeeded by	Motohiko Kanai
In office 15 September 1976 – 24 December 1976
Prime Minister	Takeo Miki
Preceded by	Yūzō Matsuzawa
Succeeded by	Eiichi Nishimura
Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office 14 January 1970 – 29 January 1972
Speaker	Funada Naka
Preceded by	Sensuke Fujieda
Succeeded by	Shirō Hasegawa
Minister of Transport
In office 1 August 1966 – 14 October 1966
Prime Minister	Eisaku Satō
Preceded by	Torata Nakamura
Succeeded by	Sensuke Fujieda
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 1 October 1952 – 25 November 1980
Preceded by	Tomiyuki Takada
Succeeded by	Eitaro Itoyama
Constituency	Saitama 3rd
In office 10 April 1946 – January 1947
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Multi-member district
Constituency	Saitama at-large
Personal details
Born	(1907-03-09)9 March 1907 Chichibu, Saitama, Japan
Died	25 November 1980(1980-11-25) (aged 73) Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
Party	Liberal Democratic
Other political affiliations	JLP (1946–1947) LP (1952–1955)
Alma mater	Meiji University

Seijuro Arafune (荒舩 清十郎, Arafune Seijūrō; 9 March 1907 – 25 November 1980) was a Japanese politician and a Minister of Transport. He was a member of Liberal Democratic Party. Arafune resigned the Minister of Transport 1966 after a political scandal where he had taken two businessmen with him on a trip paid for by the Japanese govermnement, and ordered the National Railways to create an express stop in his home town.

Biography

Arafune was born in Katashino village, Chichibu District, Saitama currently Chichibu, Saitama in 1907.

• 11 April 1946 - 24 November 1980 Member of the House of Representatives
• 1 August 1966 - 14 October 1966 Minister of Transport
• 14 January 1970 - 29 January 1972 Vice-Speaker of the House of Representatives

See also

• Order of the Rising Sun