Kasuga Ikkō

Kasuga Ikkō (Japanese: 春日 一幸; 25 March 1910 – 2 May 1989) was a Japanese politician who served as Chairman of the Democratic Socialist Party of Japan from 1971 to 1977, and as a Representative from Aichi from 1952 until his death in 1989.

Kasuga Ikkō
c. 1953
Chairman of the Democratic Socialist Party
In office
27 April 1971  28 November 1977
Preceded byEiichi Nishimura
Succeeded byRyōsaku Sasaki
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
2 October 1952  2 May 1989
ConstituencyAichi 1st district
Personal details
Born25 March 1910
Kaizu, Gifu, Japan
Died2 May 1989
Political partyDSP
Other political
affiliations
JSP (1947-1952) (1955-1960)
Right Socialist Party (1952-1955)

Ikkō was born in a village in Kaizu, where he grew up in a farming family alongside several sisters. He enrolled in the Nagoya Higher Technical School, and graduated in 1928.

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