Fumitake Kishida

was a Japanese politician. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he served as member of the House of Representatives (5 terms). He was also a recipient of the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun.

His father was Masaki Kishida, a former member of the House of Representatives of the Liberal Democratic Party and Director-General of the Securities Bureau of the Ministry of Finance. His younger brother was Shunsuke Kishida, Chairman and Advisor of Hiroshima Bank. His wife was the second daughter of Ryoji Iguchi, former president of Nitto Flour Mills. His eldest son was Fumio Kishida, a member of the House of Representatives, the 27th President of the Liberal Democratic Party, and the 100th and 101st Prime Minister of Japan. He belonged to the Kōchikai faction.

Career

Early life Kishida was born in Hiroshima.

After graduating from Tokyo High School (now the University of Tokyo Secondary School) in 1945, he entered Tokyo Imperial University. However, as the war was drawing to a close, he was unable to study immediately after being accepted. He was mobilised for daily labour, and in July 1945, nearing the end of the war, he was mobilised as a student and enlisted in a division in Asahikawa.

Political career Kishida was first elected to the House of Representatives at the 1979 Japanese general election and was subsequently elected 5 times. As an MP, he served as a member or chair of the Local Administration Committee, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Committee, Science and Technology Committee, Commerce and Industry Committee, Education Committee, and Special Committee on Price Issues, among others, under the motto of "trustworthy politics." In March 1990, he became Chairman of the Cabinet Committee.

Kishida died in a hospital in Tokyo on 4 August 1992, midway through his fifth term at the age of 65 years old. On 7 August he was posthumously awarded the rank of Shoshii (Senior Fourth Rank), the Order of the Rising Sun, Second Class, and the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star. A memorial speech was delivered by Tadayoshi Morii at the plenary session of the House of Representatives on 10 November 1992.

His eldest son, Fumio Kishida, was elected in the following 1993 Japanese general election for the same seat Kishida had represented since 1979.