Koizumi Matajirō

In this Japanese name, the family name is "Koizumi".

Koizumi Matajirō
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
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Born	10 June 1865(1865-06-10)
Died	24 September 1951(1951-09-24) (aged 86)

Koizumi Matajirō.

Koizumi Matajirō (小泉 又次郎, June 10, 1865 - September 24, 1951) was the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications in Japan. He was a scaffolder's son from Yokohama, known as "wild man" and "irezumi minister" because he had a large tattoo of a red dragon on his back. He sought to privatise the Post Office.

Koizumi led a movement to establish universal suffrage during the Taishō period. Koizumi's son-in-law, Junya Koizumi, became a director general of the Defense Agency and a second-generation Diet member.

Koizumi's grandson, Junichiro Koizumi, served as the Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006 and inherited his grandfather's idea of postal privatization; Junichiro had himself been Minister of Posts and Telecommunications in 1992-93 under Kiichi Miyazawa.

See also

• Koizumi family

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Name	Koizumi, Matajiro
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Date of birth	June 10, 1865
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Date of death	September 24, 1951
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