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Portrait of Kyuichi Tokuda (ca. 1952)
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Chair of the Japanese Communist Party | |
In office 1945–1953 |
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Preceded by | Toshihiko Sakai |
Succeeded by | Sanzo Nosaka |
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Born |
Okinawa |
September 12, 1894
Died | October 14, 1953 China |
(aged 59)
Political party | Japanese Communist Party |
Kyuichi Tokuda (徳田 球一 Tokuda Kyūichi?, September 12, 1894 - October 14, 1953) was a Japanese politician and first chairman of the Japanese Communist Party from 1945 until his death in 1953.
Kyuichi Tokuda was born in 1894 in Okinawa. He joined the Japanese Communist Party. He was arrested in March 1928. He was released in October 1945.