Haruo Wada

Haruo Wada
Haruo Wada
和田春生
Member of the House of Councillors
	In office; 8 July 1974 – 1979
Constituency	National district
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 27 December 1969 – 13 November 1972
Preceded by	Shōzō Hasegawa
Succeeded by	Shōzō Hasegawa
Constituency	Tokyo 7th
Personal details
Born	15 March 1919; Tokyo, Japan
Died	17 October 1999 (aged 80); Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan
Political party	Democratic Socialist
Alma mater	Toba National College of Maritime Technology

Haruo Wada (Japanese: 和田春生; 15 March 1919 – 17 October 1999) was a Japanese trade unionist and politician.

Wada joined the Japanese Merchant Navy in 1939. He was a founding member of the All-Japan Seamen's Union in 1945. Starting in 1948, he worked full-time for the union as an organizer. In 1950, he was a founding member of the General Council of Trade Unions of Japan, and worked for it as a permanent secretary. He was opposed to its increasingly left-wing stance. In 1954, he helped found the All-Japan Trade Union Congress (Zenro) split, and was appointed as its general secretary.^[1]^[2] In 1964, Zenro became part of the Japanese Confederation of Labour, and he became its vice president. In 1965, he additionally served as president of the ICFTU Asia and Pacific Regional Organisation, and served until his resignation in 1968.^[3]

Wada was a member of the Democratic Socialist Party, and in 1969 he was elected to the House of Representatives, serving until 1972. From 1974 until 1979, he served in the House of Councillors.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Carew, Anthony (2018). American Labour's Cold War Abroad (2 ed.). University of British Columbia Press. p. 443. ISBN 9781771992114.
^ US Army Area Handbook for Japan. Washington DC: Special Operations Research Office. 1964. pp. 298–299.
^ Carew, Anthony (2000). The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. Oxford: Peter Lang. p. 575–576. ISBN 9783906764832.

Trade union offices
Preceded by New position	General Secretary of the All-Japan Trade Union Congress 1954–1964	Succeeded by Federation merged
Preceded by P. P. Narayanan	President of the ICFTU Asia and Pacific Regional Organisation 1965–1968	Succeeded by Minoru Takita

[carew-1] Carew, Anthony (2018). American Labour's Cold War Abroad (2 ed.). University of British Columbia Press. p. 443. ISBN 9781771992114.

[2] US Army Area Handbook for Japan. Washington DC: Special Operations Research Office. 1964. pp. 298–299.

[3] Carew, Anthony (2000). The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. Oxford: Peter Lang. p. 575–576. ISBN 9783906764832.

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Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	Japan
Academics	CiNii