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| caption = Official portrait, 2001
| office = Member of the [[House of Representatives of Japan]] for [[Kagoshima Prefecture]]'s 3rd district
| office = Member of the [[House of Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives]]
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| term_start = 1993
| constituency = [[Kagoshima 3rd district|Kagoshima 3rd]]
| term_end = 2005
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| term_start = 31 August 2009
| office1 = Member of the [[House of Representatives of Japan]] for [[Kagoshima Prefecture]]'s 3rd district
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| term_end = 10 September 2012
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| term_start1 = 2009
| predecessor = [[Kazuaki Miyaji]]
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| term_end1 = 2012
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| successor = Kazuaki Miyaji
| constituency1 = [[Kagoshima 2nd district (1947–1993)|Kagoshima 2nd]] (1993–1996)<br>Kagoshima 3rd (1996–2000)<br>[[Kyushu proportional representation block|Kyushu PR]] (2000–2005)
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| term_start1 = 19 July 1993
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| birth_place = [[Satsumasendai, Kagoshima]], [[Japan]]
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| party = [[People's New Party]] (2007-present)</br>[[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] (1993-2005)
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| alma_mater = [[Kyoto University]]
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| birth_place = [[Satsumasendai, Kagoshima]], [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]
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| alma_mater = [[Kyoto University]]
| party = [[People's New Party|PNP]] (2007–2012)
| otherparty = [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]] (1993–2005)<br>[[Independent politician|Independent]] (2005–2007)
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{{nihongo|'''Tadahiro Matsushita'''|松下 忠洋|Matsushita Tadahiro|9 February 1939 – 10 September 2012}} was a Japanese politician and five-time member of the [[House of Representatives of Japan]]. He served in government from 1962 when he joined the [[Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan)|Ministry of Construction]] to 2012. At the time of his death, he was the [[Cabinet Office (Japan)|Minister of State for Financial Services]].


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He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1993, and was re-elected to four consecutive terms. However, when he failed to support [[Japan Post|postal privatization]], the leaders of his party, the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]], refused to support his 2005 campaign. As a result, he dropped out of the race. He returned to run again in 2009, this time as a member of a smaller group, the recently founded [[People's New Party]]. He won his election, and for the rest of his life was one of only three members of his party to hold a seat in the House.
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{{nihongo|'''Tadahiro Matsushita'''|松下 忠洋|Matsushita Tadahiro|February 9, 1939 – September 10, 2012}} was a [[Japan]]ese politician and five-time member of the [[House of Representatives of Japan]]. He has been involved in government since 1962 when he joined the [[Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan)|Ministry of Construction]]. At the time of his death, he was the [[Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry|Minister of State for Financial Services]].


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== Early life and education ==
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He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1993, and was re-elected to four consecutive terms. However, when he failed to support [[Japan Post|postal privatization]], the leaders of his party, the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]], refused to support his 2005 campaign. As a result, he dropped out of the race. He returned to run again in 2009, this time as a member of the new [[People's New Party]]. He won his election, and is currently one of only three members of his party who hold a seat in the House.
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Matsushita was born on 9 February 1939 in [[Satsumasendai, Kagoshima]].<ref name=bloomberg/> He graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture at [[Kyoto University]] in March 1962.<ref name=profile>{{cite web|title=Profile of the Senior Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry|url=http://www.meti.go.jp/english/aboutmeti/profiles/aMatsushita.html|work=METI Officials List|publisher=[[Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry]]|accessdate=13 August 2010|year=2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722053338/http://www.meti.go.jp/english/aboutmeti/profiles/aMatsushita.html|archivedate=22 July 2011}}</ref>


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== Political career ==
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==Early life and education==
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Matsushita first held a post within the [[Japanese government]] in April 1962 when he joined the [[Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan)|Ministry of Construction]].<ref name=official>{{cite web|last=Matsushita|first=Tadahiro|title=プロフィール (Profile)|url=http://matsushita-tadahiro.jp/profile.html|work=Matsushita-Tadahiro|accessdate=13 August 2010|language=Japanese|year=2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722113312/http://matsushita-tadahiro.jp/profile.html|archivedate=22 July 2011}}</ref> In June 1970, he seconded with the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]].<ref name=official/> He officially left the Ministry of Construction in June 1992.<ref name=profile/> In 2001, he was appointed Senior Vice Minister of the [[Cabinet Office (Japan)|Cabinet Office]], House Committee on Cabinet in 2004.<ref name=WES>{{cite web|title=H.E. Tadahiro Matushita, Senior Vice Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry|url=http://www.worldfutureenergysummit.com/en/speaker-bio.aspx?guid=128|publisher=[[World Future Energy Summit]]|accessdate=13 August 2010|year=2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530161636/http://www.worldfutureenergysummit.com/en/speaker-bio.aspx?guid=128|archivedate=30 May 2010}}</ref> He was the [[Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry|Senior Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Budianto|first=Lilian|title=Japan senior minister pays official visit to Jakarta|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/10/06/japan-senior-minister-pays-official-visit-jakarta.html|accessdate=13 August 2010|newspaper=[[The Jakarta Post]]|date=6 October 2009|agency=PT Bina Media Tenggara|location=[[Jakarta]]|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008013039/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/10/06/japan-senior-minister-pays-official-visit-jakarta.html|archivedate=8 October 2009}}</ref>
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Matsushita was born on February 9, 1939 in [[Satsumasendai, Kagoshima]]. He graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture at [[Kyoto University]] in March 1962.<ref name=profile>{{cite web|title=Profile of the Senior Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry|url=http://www.meti.go.jp/english/aboutmeti/profiles/aMatsushita.html|work=METI Officials List|publisher=[[Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry]]|accessdate=13 August 2010|year=2008}}</ref>


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He was the first representative from the [[Yukio Hatoyama]] to visit [[Indonesia]], where he guaranteed aid to the country in the wake of the [[2009 Sumatra earthquakes]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Budianto|first=Lilian|title=Japan official makes first visit to RI under new govt|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/10/07/japan-official-makes-first-visit-ri-under-new-govt.html|accessdate=13 August 2010|newspaper=[[The Jakarta Post]]|date=7 October 2009|agency=PT Bina Media Tenggara|location=[[Jakarta]]}}</ref> During the 2010 [[World Future Energy Summit]], Matsushita once again represented the Japanese government internationally.<ref>{{cite web|title=Over 100 countries to attend World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi|url=http://www1.albawaba.com/en/news/over-100-countries-attend-world-future-energy-summit-abu-dhabi|publisher=[[Al Bawaba]]|accessdate=13 August 2010|location=[[Amman, Jordan]]|date=24 November 2009}}</ref> He was appointed Minister of Financial Services in June 2012.<ref name=bloomberg>{{cite news|title=Japan Banking Minister Matsushita Found Dead at His Home|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-10/japan-financial-services-minister-matsushita-dies-at-73.html|accessdate=2 October 2012|newspaper=Bloomberg|date=11 September 2012|author=Takahiko Hyuga|author2=Shigeru Sato}}</ref>
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==Political career==
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Matsushita first held a post within the [[Japanese government]] in April 1962 when he joined the [[Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan)|Ministry of Construction]].<ref name=official>{{cite web|last=Matsushita|first=Tadahiro|title=プロフィール (Profile)|url=http://matsushita-tadahiro.jp/profile.html|work=Matsushita-Tadahiro|accessdate=13 August 2010|language=Japanese|year=2010}}</ref> On June 1970, he seconded with the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]].<ref name=official/> He officially left the Ministry of Construction in June 1992.<ref name=profile/> In 2001, he was appointed Senior Vice Minister of the [[Cabinet Office (Japan)|Cabinet Office]], House Committee on Cabinet in 2004.<ref name=WES>{{cite web|title=H.E. Tadahiro Matushita, Senior Vice Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry|url=http://www.worldfutureenergysummit.com/en/speaker-bio.aspx?guid=128|publisher=[[World Future Energy Summit]]|accessdate=13 August 2010|year=2010}}</ref> He is currently the [[Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry|Senior Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Budianto|first=Lilian|title=Japan senior minister pays official visit to Jakarta|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/10/06/japan-senior-minister-pays-official-visit-jakarta.html|accessdate=13 August 2010|newspaper=[[The Jakarta Post]]|date=6 October 2009|agency=PT Bina Media Tenggara|location=[[Jakarta]]}}</ref>


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=== House of Representatives ===
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He was the first representative from the [[Yukio Hatoyama]] to visit [[Indonesia]], where he guaranteed aid to the country in the wake of the [[2009 Sumatra earthquakes]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Budianto|first=Lilian|title=Japan official makes first visit to RI under new govt|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/10/07/japan-official-makes-first-visit-ri-under-new-govt.html|accessdate=13 August 2010|newspaper=[[The Jakarta Post]]|date=7 October 2009|agency=PT Bina Media Tenggara|location=[[Jakarta]]}}</ref> During the 2010 [[World Future Energy Summit]], Matsushita once again represented the Japanese government internationally.<ref>{{cite web|title=Over 100 countries to attend World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi|url=http://www1.albawaba.com/en/news/over-100-countries-attend-world-future-energy-summit-abu-dhabi|publisher=[[Al Bawaba]]|accessdate=13 August 2010|location=[[Amman, Jordan]]|date=24 November 2009}}</ref>
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Matsushita was first elected to the [[House of Representatives of Japan]] in [[1993 Japanese general election|July 1993]], and was subsequently elected in [[1996 Japanese general election|October 1996]], [[2000 Japanese general election|June 2000]], [[2003 Japanese general election|November 2003]], and [[2009 Japanese general election|2009]].<ref name=official/> In the House, he served on directed numerous committees, including the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Special Committee on Disasters, Committee on Rules and Administration, and Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems.<ref name=profile/> He was also [[Parliamentary Secretary]] of the [[Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan)|Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries]].<ref name=profile/>


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Matsushita was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party for four of his five terms. However, during the 2005 elections, he faced opposition from his party after he failed to support [[Japan Post|postal privatization]]. He returned to run in 2009, having left his party for the [[People's New Party]]. He was a junior member of the party, and one of only four members elected to the House.<ref>{{cite news|title=Japan likely to have new finmin -coalition lawmaker|url=http://in.reuters.com/assets/print?aid=INT20839420100106|accessdate=13 August 2010|work=[[Reuters]]|date=6 January 2010|location=[[London]]|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929005934/http://in.reuters.com/assets/print?aid=INT20839420100106|archivedate=29 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Strength of Political Groups in the House of Representatives|url=http://www.shugiin.go.jp/index.nsf/html/index_e_strength.htm|publisher=[[House of Representatives of Japan]]|accessdate=16 August 2010|date=17 June 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110322185742/http://www.shugiin.go.jp/index.nsf/html/index_e_strength.htm|archivedate=22 March 2011}}</ref>
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===House of Representatives===
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Matsushita was first elected to the [[House of Representatives of Japan]] in [[Japanese general election, 1993|July 1993]], and was subsequently elected in [[Japanese general election, 1996|October 1996]], [[Japanese general election, 2000|June 2000]], [[Japanese general election, 2003|November 2003]], and [[Japanese general election, 2009|2009]].<ref name=official/> In the House, he has served on directed numerous committees, including the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Special Committee on Disasters, Committee on Rules and Administration, and Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems.<ref name=profile/> He was also [[Parliamentary Secretary]] of the [[Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan)|Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries]].<ref name=profile/>


== Death ==
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Matsushita was a member of the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] for four of his five terms. However, during the [[Japanese general election, 2005|2005 elections]], he faced opposition from his party after he failed to support [[Japan Post|postal privatization]]. He returned to run in 2009, having left his party for the [[People's New Party]]. He is a junior member of the party, and one of only four members elected to the House.<ref>{{cite news|title=Japan likely to have new finmin -coalition lawmaker|url=http://in.reuters.com/assets/print?aid=INT20839420100106|accessdate=13 August 2010|newspaper=[[Reuters]]|date=6 January 2010|location=[[London]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Strength of Political Groups in the House of Representatives|url=http://www.shugiin.go.jp/index.nsf/html/index_e_strength.htm|publisher=[[House of Representatives of Japan]]|accessdate=16 August 2010|date=17 June 2010}}</ref>
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Matsushita was found dead in his residence in Tokyo on 10 September 2012. Police stated that he appeared to have committed suicide by hanging himself.<ref>''[[Japan Times]]'', "[http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120910x1.html Japan minister Matsushita found dead at home in possible suicide: police]", 10 September 2012</ref><ref>[[Kyodo News]], "FSA chief Matsushita kills himself", ''[[Japan Times]]'', 12 September 2012, p. 1</ref>


==Death==
== References ==
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Tatsushita was found dead in his residence in Tokyo on 10 September 2012. Police stated that his death appeared to be a suicide.<ref>''[[Japan Times]]'', "[http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120910x1.html Japan minister Matsushita found dead at home in possible suicide: police]", 10 September 2012</ref>

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Latest revision as of 23:10, 28 December 2024

Tadahiro Matsushita
松下 忠洋
Official portrait, 2001
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
31 August 2009 – 10 September 2012
Preceded byKazuaki Miyaji
Succeeded byKazuaki Miyaji
ConstituencyKagoshima 3rd
In office
19 July 1993 – 8 August 2005
ConstituencyKagoshima 2nd (1993–1996)
Kagoshima 3rd (1996–2000)
Kyushu PR (2000–2005)
Personal details
Born(1939-02-09)9 February 1939
Satsumasendai, Kagoshima, Japan
Died10 September 2012(2012-09-10) (aged 73)
Koto, Tokyo, Japan
Political partyPNP (2007–2012)
Other political
affiliations		LDP (1993–2005)
Independent (2005–2007)
Alma materKyoto University
Websitehttp://matsushita-tadahiro.jp/

Tadahiro Matsushita (松下 忠洋, Matsushita Tadahiro, 9 February 1939 – 10 September 2012) was a Japanese politician and five-time member of the House of Representatives of Japan. He served in government from 1962 when he joined the Ministry of Construction to 2012. At the time of his death, he was the Minister of State for Financial Services.

He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1993, and was re-elected to four consecutive terms. However, when he failed to support postal privatization, the leaders of his party, the Liberal Democratic Party, refused to support his 2005 campaign. As a result, he dropped out of the race. He returned to run again in 2009, this time as a member of a smaller group, the recently founded People's New Party. He won his election, and for the rest of his life was one of only three members of his party to hold a seat in the House.

Early life and education

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Matsushita was born on 9 February 1939 in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima.[1] He graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture at Kyoto University in March 1962.[2]

Political career

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Matsushita first held a post within the Japanese government in April 1962 when he joined the Ministry of Construction.[3] In June 1970, he seconded with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[3] He officially left the Ministry of Construction in June 1992.[2] In 2001, he was appointed Senior Vice Minister of the Cabinet Office, House Committee on Cabinet in 2004.[4] He was the Senior Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.[5]

He was the first representative from the Yukio Hatoyama to visit Indonesia, where he guaranteed aid to the country in the wake of the 2009 Sumatra earthquakes.[6] During the 2010 World Future Energy Summit, Matsushita once again represented the Japanese government internationally.[7] He was appointed Minister of Financial Services in June 2012.[1]

House of Representatives

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Matsushita was first elected to the House of Representatives of Japan in July 1993, and was subsequently elected in October 1996, June 2000, November 2003, and 2009.[3] In the House, he served on directed numerous committees, including the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Special Committee on Disasters, Committee on Rules and Administration, and Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems.[2] He was also Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.[2]

Matsushita was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party for four of his five terms. However, during the 2005 elections, he faced opposition from his party after he failed to support postal privatization. He returned to run in 2009, having left his party for the People's New Party. He was a junior member of the party, and one of only four members elected to the House.[8][9]

Death

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Matsushita was found dead in his residence in Tokyo on 10 September 2012. Police stated that he appeared to have committed suicide by hanging himself.[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ a b Takahiko Hyuga; Shigeru Sato (11 September 2012). "Japan Banking Minister Matsushita Found Dead at His Home". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d "Profile of the Senior Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry". METI Officials List. Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. 2008. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  3. ^ a b c Matsushita, Tadahiro (2010). "プロフィール (Profile)". Matsushita-Tadahiro (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  4. ^ "H.E. Tadahiro Matushita, Senior Vice Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry". World Future Energy Summit. 2010. Archived from the original on 30 May 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  5. ^ Budianto, Lilian (6 October 2009). "Japan senior minister pays official visit to Jakarta". The Jakarta Post. Jakarta. PT Bina Media Tenggara. Archived from the original on 8 October 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  6. ^ Budianto, Lilian (7 October 2009). "Japan official makes first visit to RI under new govt". The Jakarta Post. Jakarta. PT Bina Media Tenggara. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  7. ^ "Over 100 countries to attend World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi". Amman, Jordan: Al Bawaba. 24 November 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  8. ^ "Japan likely to have new finmin -coalition lawmaker". Reuters. London. 6 January 2010. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  9. ^ "Strength of Political Groups in the House of Representatives". House of Representatives of Japan. 17 June 2010. Archived from the original on 22 March 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  10. ^ Japan Times, "Japan minister Matsushita found dead at home in possible suicide: police", 10 September 2012
  11. ^ Kyodo News, "FSA chief Matsushita kills himself", Japan Times, 12 September 2012, p. 1
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of State for Postal Reform
Minister of State for Financial Services
June–September 2012 		Succeeded by
TBD
Preceded by Senior Vice Minister for Reconstruction
Senior Vice Minister of Cabinet Office
February–June 2012
Served alongside: Katsuyuki Ishida, Hitoshi Gotō, Ikkō Nakatsuka, Yoshinori Suematsu 		Succeeded by
Katsuyuki Ishida
Hitoshi Gotō
Ikkō Nakatsuka
Yoshinori Suematsu
Izumi Yoshida
Preceded by Senior Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
2009–2012
Served alongside: Teruhiko Mashiko, Motohisa Ikeda, Seishū Makino 		Succeeded by
Mitsuyoshi Yanagisawa
Seishū Makino
Preceded by Senior Vice Minister of Cabinet Office
2001–2002
Served alongside: Seiji Nakamura, Yoshitaka Murata, Akihiko Kumashiro 		Succeeded by
House of Representatives (Japan)
Preceded by Representative for Kagoshima 3rd district
2009–2012 		Vacant
Preceded by
N/A
 Representative for the Kyūshū proportional representation block
2000–2005 		Succeeded by
N/A
New district Representative for Kagoshima 3rd district
1996–2000 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Representative for Kagoshima 2nd district (multi-member)
1993–1996
Served alongside: Sadatoshi Ozato, Ken'ichi Hamada 		District eliminated
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