About Seijuro Arafune
Lived 1907 – 1980 (aged 73). Seijuro Arafune was a Japanese politician.
was a Japanese politician and a Minister of Transport. He was a member of Liberal Democratic Party. Arafune resigned the Minister of Transport 1966 after a political scandal where he had taken two businessmen with him on a trip paid for by the Japanese govermnement, and ordered the National Railways to create an express stop in his home town.
Biography Arafune was born in Katashino village, Chichibu District, Saitama currently Chichibu, Saitama in 1907. 11 April 1946 - 24 November 1980 Member of the House of Representatives 1 August 1966 - 14 October 1966 Minister of Transport 14 January 1970 - 29 January 1972 Vice-Speaker of the House of Representatives
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Who was Seijuro Arafune?
Japanese politician
When was Seijuro Arafune born?
Seijuro Arafune was born on 9 March 1907 in Saitama Prefecture.
When did Seijuro Arafune die?
Seijuro Arafune died on 25 November 1980 in National Hospital Organization Sagamihara National Hospital.
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Seijuro Arafune was a politician.
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Seijuro Arafune was Japanese.
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