Fumio Goto (後 藤 文 夫, March 7, 1884 - May 1, 1980 ) - Japanese politician and official, served as Prime Minister of Japan for three days in 1936.
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| Predecessor | Kaisuke okada | |||
| Successor | Kaisuke okada | |||
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Biography
Born in Oita Prefecture , Goto was a graduate of the University of Tokyo Law School in 1909. At the beginning of his career in the 1920s, he worked at the Ministry of the Interior, and was also the director of administration at the office of the Governor General of Taiwan.
In the 1930s, Goto was nominated for a seat in the House of Peers in the Japanese Parliament . He served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from 1932 to 1934 in the office of Prime Minister Saito Makoto , and then was Minister of the Interior in the office of Keisuke Okada .
Immediately after the February 26th incident , Goto took the post of Acting Prime Minister, while Prime Minister Okada was hiding from attempting on his life. He was chairman of the Throne Assistance Association in 1941-1943, in the office of Hideki Tojo, he took the post of Minister of State.
Arrested by the American occupation authorities after the surrender of Japan, he was detained in Sugamo in Tokyo awaiting prosecution for war crimes, but was released in 1948 without trial. From April 1953 to June 1959, he was a member of the House of Councilors in the post-war Parliament of Japan. He was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun in November 1971.