Hirohide Ishida
Japanese politician (1914–1993)
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::summary Japanese politician (1914–1993) ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox officeholder"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Hirohide Ishida |
| native_name | 石田 博英 |
| native_name_lang | ja |
| image | Hirohide Ishida.jpg |
| caption | Ishida in 1956 |
| office | Minister of Labour |
| primeminister | Takeo Fukuda |
| term_start | 14 December 1976 |
| term_end | 28 November 1977 |
| predecessor | Sachio Urano |
| successor | Katushi Fujii |
| primeminister1 | Eisaku Satō |
| Hayato Ikeda | |
| term_start1 | 18 July 1964 |
| term_end1 | 3 June 1965 |
| predecessor1 | Takeo Ohashi |
| successor1 | Hisao Kodaira |
| primeminister2 | Hayato Ikeda |
| term_start2 | 19 July 1960 |
| term_end2 | 18 July 1961 |
| predecessor2 | Raizo Matsuno |
| successor2 | Kenji Fukunaga |
| primeminister3 | Nobusuke Kishi |
| term_start3 | 10 July 1957 |
| term_end3 | 12 June 1958 |
| predecessor3 | Shūtarō Matsuura |
| successor3 | Tadao Kuraishi |
| office4 | Minister of Transport |
| primeminister4 | Takeo Miki |
| term_start4 | 15 September 1976 |
| term_end4 | 14 December 1976 |
| predecessor4 | Mutsuo Kimura |
| successor4 | Hajime Tamura |
| office5 | Chief Cabinet Secretary |
| primeminister5 | Tanzan Ishibashi |
| Nobusuke Kishi | |
| term_start5 | 23 December 1956 |
| term_end5 | 10 July 1957 |
| predecessor5 | Ryūtaro Nemoto |
| successor5 | Kiichi Aichi |
| office6 | Member of the House of Representatives |
| constituency6 | Akita 1st |
| term_start6 | 25 April 1947 |
| term_end6 | 28 November 1983 |
| predecessor6 | Constituency established |
| successor6 | Hosei Norota |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Futatsui, Akita, Japan |
| death_date | |
| relatives | Yukiko Miyake (granddaughter) |
| alma_mater | Waseda University |
| party | Liberal Democratic |
| otherparty | JLP (1947–1948) |
| DLP (1948–1950) | |
| LP (1950–1953) | |
| LP–H (1953–1954) | |
| JDP (1954–1955) | |
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|name = Hirohide Ishida |native_name = 石田 博英 |native_name_lang = ja |image = Hirohide Ishida.jpg |caption = Ishida in 1956 |office = Minister of Labour |primeminister = Takeo Fukuda |term_start = 14 December 1976 |term_end = 28 November 1977 |predecessor = Sachio Urano |successor = Katushi Fujii |primeminister1 = Eisaku Satō Hayato Ikeda |term_start1 = 18 July 1964 |term_end1 = 3 June 1965 |predecessor1 = Takeo Ohashi |successor1 = Hisao Kodaira |primeminister2 = Hayato Ikeda |term_start2 = 19 July 1960 |term_end2 = 18 July 1961 |predecessor2 = Raizo Matsuno |successor2 = Kenji Fukunaga |primeminister3 = Nobusuke Kishi |term_start3 = 10 July 1957 |term_end3 = 12 June 1958 |predecessor3 = Shūtarō Matsuura |successor3 = Tadao Kuraishi |office4 = Minister of Transport |primeminister4 = Takeo Miki |term_start4 = 15 September 1976 |term_end4 = 14 December 1976 |predecessor4 = Mutsuo Kimura |successor4 = Hajime Tamura |office5 = Chief Cabinet Secretary |primeminister5 = Tanzan Ishibashi Nobusuke Kishi |term_start5 = 23 December 1956 |term_end5 = 10 July 1957 |predecessor5 = Ryūtaro Nemoto |successor5 = Kiichi Aichi |office6 = Member of the House of Representatives |constituency6 = Akita 1st |term_start6 = 25 April 1947 |term_end6 = 28 November 1983 |predecessor6 = Constituency established |successor6 = Hosei Norota |birth_date = |birth_place = Futatsui, Akita, Japan |death_date = |death_place = |relatives = Yukiko Miyake (granddaughter) |alma_mater = Waseda University |party = Liberal Democratic |otherparty = JLP (1947–1948) DLP (1948–1950) LP (1950–1953) LP–H (1953–1954) JDP (1954–1955) Hirohide Ishida was a Japanese politician who served in the cabinets of multiple conservative administrations. In the 1980s, it was revealed that the KGB considered him to be an agent of the Soviet Union.
Early life
Born in Noshiro, Akita, Ishida entered Waseda University, where he majored in political science and economics. After graduating in 1939, he joined Chugai Shōgyō Shimpo (later renamed Nihon Keizai Shimbun) and was appointed as its chief correspondent in Shanghai.
Political career
In 1947, Ishida was elected to the House of Representatives. He joined the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in 1955, serving as Chief Cabinet Secretary under two prime ministers, Tanzan Ishibashi and Nobusuke Kishi, from 23 December 1956 to 10 July 1957. Widely viewed as a friend and proponent of labor unions (an unusual stance in the pro-business LDP),
In January 1963, Ishida published an article in Chūō Kōron predicting that the Liberal Democratic Party would lose power to the Japan Socialist Party by 1970 due to ongoing changes in Japanese society, including urbanization, increasing education, and the decreasing number of farmers, who were generally seen as fundamental supporters of the LDP. Ishida's article shocked the LDP, but was hailed as perceptive, and stimulated the party to make a number of reforms, including to changing its policies to increase its appeal among urban workers.
KGB agent
Ishida had formed and chaired the Japan-USSR Friendship Parliamentarians' Union in 1973, visiting Moscow in 1973, 1974 and 1977. In 1982 Stanislav Levchenko, a KGB Major who had defected to the United States in 1979, testified before the U.S. Congress that Ishida was an agent for the Soviet Union, codenamed "HOOVER". This was later confirmed in the "Mitrokhin Documents" smuggled out of the Soviet Union by Vasily Mitrokhin, a former KGB employee who fled to England in 1992. In response to Levchenko's revelations, the CIA and the Japanese police launched an investigation, and Ishida abruptly left politics in November 1983. However, the investigation ultimately concluded that Ishida had not leaked any sensitive information.
Ishida Rose Garden
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An amateur rosarian, Ishida planted the yard of his house with various kind of roses. Two years after his death, his rose garden was donated to the City of Odate and named Ishida Rose Garden. It is since opened to the public every June.
Honours
References
References
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- (8 May 2007). "地域からの便り". Tohoku Regional Agricultural Administration Office.
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