Matsuzo Nagai
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Born | (1877-03-05)March 5, 1877 |
Died | April 19, 1957(1957-04-19) (aged 80) |
Matsuzo Nagai (永井 松三, Nagai Matsuzō, March 5, 1877 – April 19, 1957) was a Japanese diplomat and Olympic Games activist.
He was born on March 5, 1877, in Aichi Prefecture.
He served in the Japanese delegation to the League of Nations in 1920,[1] and served as Japanese Ambassador to Sweden and Finland in 1925–1930. In 1930, he formed part of the Japanese delegation to the London Naval Conference.[2] He served as Ambassador to Germany from April 1933 to October 1934. In 1936, he served as Minister of Transportation, and was an active supporter of naval expansion plans. In 1937, he was active in the Japanese governmental committee which was charged with preparing the Olympic games scheduled to take place in Tokyo in 1940, which was eventually cancelled.[3] He also served as a member of the International Olympic Committee in 1939–1950.[4] He received the Grand Cross of the Royal Swedish Order of the Polar Star in 1928. He died on April 19, 1957.
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Preceded by | Japanese Consul-General at San Francisco 1912–1913 |
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Preceded by | Japanese Ambassador to Denmark 1924–1928 |
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Japanese Ambassador to Norway 1924–1928 | ||
Japanese Ambassador to Sweden 1924–1928 | ||
Preceded by | Japanese Ambassador to Belgium 1928–1930 |
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Preceded by Yūkichi Obata |
Japanese Ambassador to Germany 1933–1935 |
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