Chikahiko Koizumi

Chikahiko Koizumi
Native name	小泉親彦
Born	September 9, 1884  Japan、Fukui Prefecture
Died	September 13, 1945 (aged 61)  Japan、Yodobashi, Tokyo
Cause of death	Seppuku
Nationality	Japan
Occupation	Japanese army surgeon and politician.

Chikahiko Koizumi (小泉 親彦 Koizumi Chikahiko, September 9, 1884 – September 13, 1945) was a Japanese military physician.

After graduating Tokyo Imperial University,^[1] he joined the Japanese Medical Corps

He became Army Surgeon General of the Imperial Japanese Army in 1934.^[1]

He was the Minister of Health and Welfare from 1941 to 1944 under the Konoe and Tōjō cabinet.^[1] He worked positively to prevention of tuberculosis and advocated Universal health care.^[1][2]

After the war, he came under suspicion of war crimes as a minister when the war broke. But Koizumi refused the investigation and committed suicide by seppuku.^[1]

Notes

1. "先人を偲ぶ　－小泉　親彦－" (in Japanese). Sabae, Fukui. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
2. 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.