caption death_date birth_place nationality birth_date image article_title name occupation
shinzō Ōya 09 march 1980 meiwa , gunma , japan japan 05 july 1894 shinzō Ōya.jpg shinzō Ōya
 shinzō Ōya 大屋晋三 industrialist , politician , cabinet minister
shinzō Ōya

Ōya was born in what is now part of the town of meiwa in gunma prefecture , where his father was a high school principal and his grandfather had been a samurai in the service of kawagoe domain .
he graduated from what later became hitotsubashi university in 1918 .
on graduation he joined the `` zaibatsu '' suzuki shoten , and from 1925 went to work for teijin , eventually becoming its president in november 1945 .
in his early career , he was praised as a charismatic manager , who introduced new synthetic fibers which made teijin a market leader in the fabric industry .
however , he later was criticized for over-diversification , and for his refusal to surrender authority over the company despite his obvious mental decline in old age , which led teijin to the brink of bankruptcy .
in 1947 , Ōya was elected to a seat in the diet of japan in 1947 upper house election from the osaka electoral district , and was reelected for a second term , serving until june 1956 under liberal democratic party -lrb- ldp -rrb- banner .
from 19 october 1948 -- 16 february 1949 , he was minister of commerce and industry under the 2nd shigeru yoshida administration , as well as interim minister of finance from 14 december 1948 to 16 february 1949 .
during the 3rd yoshida administration , Ōya served as minister of transport from 16 february 1949 to 28 june 1950 .
Ōya was married to the singer and writer Ōya masako .
