Tadahiko Okada

Tadahiko Okada (岡田 忠彦, Okada Tadahiko; March 21, 1878 – October 30, 1958) was a Japanese politician. He was governor of Saitama Prefecture (1916–1919), Nagano Prefecture (1921–1922) and Kumamoto Prefecture (1922–1923).

Tadahiko Okada
岡田 忠彦
Minister of Health and Welfare
In office 7 April 1945 – 17 August 1945
Prime Minister	Kantarō Suzuki
Preceded by	Aikawa Katsuroku
Succeeded by	Kenzō Matsumura
Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office 25 May 1942 – 7 April 1945
Monarch	Hirohito
Deputy	Sakusaburō Uchigasaki
Preceded by	Ichimin Tako
Succeeded by	Toshio Shimada[1]
Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office 1 May 1936 – 21 March 1937
Speaker	Tomita Kojiro
Preceded by	Etsujirō Uehara
Succeeded by	Tsuneo Kanemitsu
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 1 October 1952 – 14 March 1953
Preceded by	Yoshitaka Wakabayashi
Succeeded by	Kazuo Koeda
Constituency	Okayama 1st
In office 10 May 1924 – 18 December 1945
Preceded by	Arimori Shinkichi
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Single-member Okayama 1st (1921–1928) Multi-member Okayama 1st (1928–1945)
Governor of Kumamoto
In office 16 October 1922 – 12 October 1923
Monarch	Taishō
Preceded by	Sanosuke Nakayama
Succeeded by	Tanaka Chisato
Governor of Nagano
In office 27 May 1921 – 16 October 1922
Monarch	Taishō
Preceded by	Tenta Akaboshi
Succeeded by	Toshio Honma
Governor of Saitama
In office 13 October 1916 – 28 June 1919
Monarch	Taishō
Preceded by	Akira Sakaya
Succeeded by	Nishimura Yasuyoshi
Personal details
Born	(1878-03-21)21 March 1878 Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Died	30 October 1958(1958-10-30) (aged 80)
Resting place	Tama Cemetery
Party	Liberal (1952–1953)
Other political affiliations	Independent (1916–1925) Chūsei Club (1924–1925) Rikken Seiyūkai (1925–1940) IRAA (1940–1945)
Relatives	Kaneyoshi Okada (brother)
Alma mater	Tokyo Imperial University

Awards

• 1945 - Order of the Sacred Treasure^[2]