Okano Keijirō
Okano Keijirō | |
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岡野 敬次郎 | |
| Vice President of the Privy Council | |
| In office 1 October 1925 – 23 December 1925 | |
| Monarch | Taishō |
| President | Hozumi Nobushige |
| Preceded by | Hozumi Nobushige |
| Succeeded by | Yūzaburō Kuratomi |
| Minister of Agriculture and Commerce | |
| In office 24 December 1923 – 7 January 1924 | |
| Prime Minister | Yamamoto Gonnohyōe |
| Preceded by | Den Kenjirō |
| Succeeded by | Maeda Toshisada |
| Minister of Education | |
| In office 6 September 1923 – 7 January 1924 | |
| Prime Minister | Yamamoto Gonnohyōe |
| Preceded by | Inukai Tsuyoshi |
| Succeeded by | Egi Kazuyuki |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 12 June 1922 – 2 September 1923 | |
| Prime Minister | Katō Tomosaburō |
| Preceded by | Enkichi Ōki |
| Succeeded by | Den Kenjirō |
| Director-General of the Legislative Bureau | |
| In office 20 February 1913 – 20 September 1913 | |
| Prime Minister | Yamamoto Gonnohyōe |
| Preceded by | Ichiki Kitokurō |
| Succeeded by | Yūzaburō Kuratomi |
| In office 31 August 1911 – 21 December 1912 | |
| Prime Minister | Saionji Kinmochi |
| Preceded by | Ban'ichirō Yasuhiro |
| Succeeded by | Ichiki Kitokurō |
| In office 13 January 1906 – 14 July 1908 | |
| Prime Minister | Saionji Kinmochi |
| Preceded by | Ichiki Kitokurō |
| Succeeded by | Ban'ichirō Yasuhiro |
| Member of the House of Peers | |
| In office 28 December 1908 – 9 October 1925 Nominated by the Emperor | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 September 1865 |
| Died | 23 December 1925 (aged 60) |
| Education | Kaisei Academy |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
Baron Okano Keijirō (岡野 敬次郎; 21 September 1865 – 23 December 1925) was a legal scholar, a politician and cabinet minister in the pre-war Empire of Japan.
Biography
Okano was a native of Kōzuke Province (modern-day Gunma Prefecture). He graduated from the Kaisei Academy, followed by the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University, continuing on to graduate school to obtain a Doctor of law degree. He became professor of Tokyo Imperial University (See Keijirō Okano [:ja:]). He worked as a bureaucrat at various cabinet ministries in the Meiji government, and was appointed to a seat in the Upper House of the Diet of Japan in 1908. He served as Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau under the First and Second Saionji Cabinets (1906–1908; 1911–1912), and the First Yamamoto Cabinet (1913). From 1913 to 1922, Okano served as Secretary to the Administrative Court.
In 1922, Okano was appointed Minister of Justice in the cabinet of Prime Minister Katō Tomosaburō. In the subsequent Second Yamamoto Cabinet, he held the portfolios for Minister of Education and Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. In October 1925, Okano was appointed to Vice-President of the Privy Council, and was awarded the title of baron (danshaku) in the kazoku peerage. He was also appointed President of the prestigious Imperial Academy. He died the same year.