Shigezaburō Maeo

Shigesuburō Maeo (前尾 繁三郎, Maeo Shigesaburō, December 10, 1905 – July 23, 1981) was a Japanese bureaucrat and politician who served as Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party from 1961 to 1964, and was the 58th Speaker of the House of Representatives in the National Diet from 1973 to 1976.
In addition, Maeo was a member of prime minister Hayato Ikeda’s “brain trust” in 1960 that helped formulate the Income Doubling Plan. After Ikeda died in 1965, Maeo served as the second head of the Kōchikai political faction within the Liberal Democratic Party, a post he held until 1971.