Tetsu Katayama

Junior Second Rank Tetsu Katayama
片山 哲
Official portrait, 1947
Prime Minister of Japan
In office 24 May 1947 – 10 March 1948
Monarch	Hirohito
Governor	Douglas MacArthur
Deputy	Hitoshi Ashida
Preceded by	Shigeru Yoshida
Succeeded by	Hitoshi Ashida
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 2 October 1952 – 23 October 1963
Constituency	Kanagawa 3rd
In office 25 April 1947 – 23 December 1948
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Multi-member district
Constituency	Kanagawa 3rd
In office 11 April 1946 – 31 March 1947
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Multi-member district
Constituency	Kanagawa at-large
In office 21 February 1936 – 30 April 1942
Constituency	Kanagawa 2nd
In office 21 February 1930 – 21 January 1932
Constituency	Kanagawa 2nd
Personal details
Born	(1887-07-28)28 July 1887 Nishimuro, Wakayama, Japan
Died	30 May 1978(1978-05-30) (aged 90) Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
Political party	DSP (1960–1978)
Other political affiliations	SDP (1926–1932) Shakai Taishūtō (1932–1940) Independent (1940–1945) JSP (1945–1951; 1955–1960) RSP (1951–1955)
Spouse(s)	Kikue Shimizu ​ (m. 1913)​
Alma mater	Tokyo Imperial University
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Tetsu Katayama (片山 哲, Katayama Tetsu; 28 July 1887 – 30 May 1978) was a Japanese politician who was the prime minister of Japan from 1947 to 1948. He was the first socialist to become Japanese prime minister.

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