About Minoru Takita
Lived 1912 – 2000 (aged 87). Minoru Takita was a Japanese trade unionist.
Minoru Takita (, 15 December 1912 – 9 December 2000) was a Japanese trade union leader.
Born in the Toyama Prefecture, Takita qualified as an electrical engineer at Takaoka Technical College, then worked at Nisshin Bõseki. In 1948, he became the chair of the union at Nisshin Bōseki, and also of the Japan Federation of Textile Workers' Unions (Zensen), to which it was affiliated. In 1954, he additionally became president of the All-Japan Trade Union Congress (Zenrō), serving until 1964, when it merged into the Japanese Confederation of Labour (Dōmei).
Takita became a vice chair of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) in 1965, and in 1968 also became president of the ICFTU Asia and Pacific Regional Organisation. The same year, he became the president of the Dōmei. He resigned from the leadership of Zensen in 1971, becoming honorary president, and in 1972 he left the leadership of Dōmei.
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Japanese trade union leader
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Minoru Takita was born on 15 December 1912.
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Minoru Takita died on 9 December 2000.
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