Takejirō Tokonami
| Tokonami Takejirō | |
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Tokonami Takejirō
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| 36th Minister of Communications | |
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In office June 8, 1934 – September 8, 1935 |
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| Prime Minister | Keisuke Okada |
| Preceded by | Minami Hiroshi |
| Succeeded by | Okada Keisuke |
| 10th Railway Minister | |
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In office December 13, 1931 – May 26, 1932 |
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| Prime Minister | Tsuyoshi Inukai |
| Preceded by | Hara Osamu |
| 14th Home Minister | |
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In office September 29, 1918 – June 1922 |
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| Prime Minister | Hara Takashi; Takahashi Korekiyo |
| Preceded by | Mizuno Rentarō |
| Succeeded by | Mizuno Rentarō |
| 3rd Director of the Karafuto Agency | |
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In office April 24, 1908 – June 12, 1908 |
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| Preceded by | Kusunose Yukihiko |
| Succeeded by | Hiraoka Teitarō |
| 16th Governor of Akita Prefecture | |
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In office 1905–1906 |
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| Preceded by | Okada Kishichōrō |
| Succeeded by | Seino Chōtarō |
| 19th Governor of Tokushima Prefecture | |
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In office 1904–1905 |
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| Preceded by | Kamei Eizaburō |
| Succeeded by | Iwao Saburō |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 6, 1866 Kagoshima, Satsuma Domain, Japan |
| Died | August 9, 1935 (aged 69) Tokyo, Japan |
| Resting place | Tama Rein Cemetery in Fuchū, Tokyo |
| Nationality |
 Japan
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| Political party | Rikken Seiyūkai, Seiyu Hontō; Rikken Minseitō |
| Occupation | Politician |
Takejirō Tokonami (床次 竹二郎 Tokonami Takejirō?, 6 January 1866 – 8 September 1935) was a Japanese statesman, politician and cabinet minister in Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. Tokonami was involved in several government agencies throughout his career, and served in the leadership of different political parties. He was regarded by his contemporaries as a rather opportunistic politician eager for an opportunity to become prime minister.
Tokonami was born January 1866 in Kagoshima, where his father was a samurai in the service of the Shimazu clan of Satsuma Domain. After the Meiji Restoration, his father moved to Tokyo and served as a judge within the Ministry of Justice, and also was a self-taught oil painter, noted for a portrait painting of Itō Hirobumi, among other works. Takejirō, his eldest son, graduated from the law school at the Tokyo Imperial University. One of his classmates was future president of the Privy Council Hara Yoshimichi.
On graduation, Tokonami entered the Ministry of Finance, and later the Home Ministry. He served as Vice-Governor of Miyagi Prefecture, Chief of Police of Okayama Prefecture, and Chief Secretary of Tokyo Prefecture before being assigned the post of Governor of Tokushima Prefecture from 1904-1905, followed by Akita Prefecture from 1905-1906.
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