Ichirō Kōno

Ichirō Kōno
河野 一郎
Ichirō Kōno in 1961
Minister of State (with responsibility for the Tokyo Olympics)
In office 18 July 1964 – 8 July 1965
Prime Minister	Hayato Ikeda Eisaku Satō
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Minister of Construction
In office 18 July 1962 – 18 July 1974
Prime Minister	Hayato Ikeda
Preceded by	Umekichi Nakamura
Succeeded by	Osanori Koyama
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
In office 18 July 1961 – 18 July 1962
Prime Minister	Hayato Ikeda
Preceded by	Hideyo Sutō
Succeeded by	Seishi Shigemasa
Director General of the Economic Planning Agency
In office 10 July 1957 – 12 June 1958
Prime Minister	Nobusuke Kishi
Preceded by	Kōichi Uda
Succeeded by	Takeo Miki
Director General of the Administrative Management Agency
In office 22 November 1955 – 23 December 1956
Prime Minister	Ichirō Hatoyama
Preceded by	Shōjirō Kawashima
Succeeded by	Tomejirō Ōkubo
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
In office 10 December 1954 – 23 December 1956
Prime Minister	Ichirō Hatoyama
Preceded by	Shigeru Hori
Succeeded by	Ichitarō Ide
Personal details
Born	(1898-06-02)June 2, 1898 Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa, Japan
Died	July 8, 1965(1965-07-08) (aged 67)
Alma mater	Waseda University

Ichirō Kōno (Template:Lang-ja) (June 2, 1898 – July 8, 1965) was a Japanese politician representing a portion of Kanagawa prefecture. He joined first the now-defunct Liberal Party (Japan, 1945) and then the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan). As a significant member of the latter, he served as a minister several times. He is also known the root of a political family tree that consists of his younger brother Kenzō Kōno, his second son Yōhei Kōno, and his grandson (and Yohei's son) Tarō Kōno. He graduated in politics from Waseda University where was known as a competent athlete. Later he eventually served as President of the Japan Association of Athletics Federations (1965).