| Chikahiko Koizumi | |
|---|---|
| 小泉親彦 | |
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| Born | (1884-09-09)9 September 1884 Fukui Prefecture, Empire of Japan |
| Died | 13 September 1945(1945-09-13) (aged 61) Yodobashi, Tokyo, Occupied Japan |
| Cause of death | Seppuku |
| Nationality |  Japan |
| Occupation(s) | Japanese army surgeon and politician |
Chikahiko Koizumi (小泉 親彦, Koizumi Chikahiko, 9 September 1884 – 13 September 1945) was a Japanese military physician.
After graduating from Tokyo Imperial University, he joined the Japanese Medical Corps. He became Army Surgeon General of the Imperial Japanese Army in 1934.
He was the Minister of Health and Welfare from 1941 to 1944 under the Konoe and Tōjō cabinets. He worked positively for the prevention of tuberculosis and advocated universal health care.
After the war, he was accused of war-crimes as he was the minister when the war broke out. But Koizumi committed suicide by seppuku before he was arrested by the Allied occupation forces.
Notes
- ^ "先人を偲ぶ －小泉 親彦－" (in Japanese). Sabae, Fukui. Archived from the original on 2015-10-13. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
- Ando, Toshihiro (2012-01-08). "終戦時の内務次官、公職追放に 「群雀中の一鶴」灘尾弘吉（１）政客列伝 特別編集委員・安藤俊裕". The Nikkei (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-10-13.
- 1884 births
- 1945 suicides
- 1945 deaths
- People from Fukui Prefecture
- Kaisei Academy alumni
- University of Tokyo alumni
- Japanese military doctors
- Government ministers of Japan
- Japanese military personnel who died by suicide
- Seppuku from Meiji period to present
- Japanese politicians who died by suicide
- Suicides by sharp instrument in Japan
- Burials at Aoyama Cemetery