Matsuzo Nagai (永井 松三, Nagai Matsuzō, March 5, 1877 – April 19, 1957) was a Japanese diplomat and Olympic Games activist.

Matsuzo Nagai
Nagai in 1917
Born(1877-03-05)March 5, 1877
DiedApril 19, 1957(1957-04-19) (aged 80)

Biography

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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.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Council Session 7". www.indiana.edu.
  2. ^ "Foreign Negotiators At The Naval Parley" New York Times, January 19, 1930.
  3. ^ "Japan and Olympism" (PDF). la84foundation.org.
  4. ^ Wagner, Juergen. "IOC Members". olympic-museum.de. Archived from the original on April 3, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Japanese Consul-General at San Francisco
1912–1913
Succeeded by
Preceded by Japanese Ambassador to Denmark
1924–1928
Succeeded by
Japanese Ambassador to Norway
1924–1928
Japanese Ambassador to Sweden
1924–1928
Preceded by Japanese Ambassador to Belgium
1928–1930
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Yūkichi Obata
Japanese Ambassador to Germany
1933–1935
Succeeded by