ＪＲ東日本元社長の松田昌士氏死去　国鉄改革３人組―８４歳

　旧国鉄時代に「改革３人組」の一人と称され、分割・民営化を推進したＪＲ東日本元社長の松田昌士（まつだ・まさたけ）氏が１９日午後１時５８分、肝臓がんのため、東京都内の病院で死去した。８４歳。北海道出身。葬儀は近親者で済ませた。喪主は長女斉藤美詠子（さいとう・みえこ）さん。後日お別れの会を開く。日時は未定。
　１９６１年北大院修了、国鉄入社。８７年に国鉄分割・民営化で発足したＪＲ東日本の常務に就任した。９３年社長、２０００年会長、相談役を経て１１年顧問。
　旧国鉄時代は、ＪＲ東海、ＪＲ西日本の社長をそれぞれ務めた葛西敬之氏、井手正敬氏と共に改革３人組と呼ばれた。民営化後は、主要駅を中核とする再開発や流通業の展開、ＩＣ乗車券「Ｓｕｉｃａ（スイカ）」導入に先鞭（せんべん）をつけた。また、株式上場後も政府に保有株売却を迫り、完全民営化を推し進めた。
　小泉政権による旧道路公団の民営化では０２年に「民営化推進委員会」の委員として新規の高速道路建設に厳しく歯止めをかける改革案を主張。日本野球連盟会長として社会人野球の発展にも貢献した。（2020/05/25-17:40）

Masatake Matsuda, former president of East Japan Railway Co. , or JR East, and a promoter of the April 1987 privatization of the Japanese National Railways, died of liver cancer on Tuesday last week, it was learned on Monday. He was 84.
   Matsuda, who joined the JNR in 1961, became an executive of JR East in 1987. The breakup and privatization of the state-owned enterprise created JR East and other Japan Railways (JR) Group companies.
   Matsuda assumed the positions of JR East president in 1993 and chairman in 2000. He later became consultant at the company and then served as its adviser from 2011.
   While he was working for the JNR, Matsuda was known as one of the three key figures who promoted the reform of the entity. The other two were Yoshiyuki Kasai, former president of Central Japan Railway Co. , or JR Tokai, and Masataka Ide, former president of West Japan Railway Co. , or JR West.
   At JR East, Matsuda blazed a path toward its redevelopment projects at and around major train stations, the launch of distribution businesses and the introduction of the Suica e-money and train fare card.