Hirotaka Akamatsu
Hirotaka Akamatsu | |
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赤松 広隆 | |
| Official portrait, 2009 | |
| Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan | |
| In office 1 November 2017 – 14 October 2021 | |
| Monarchs | Akihito Naruhito |
| Speaker | Tadamori Oshima |
| Preceded by | Tatsuo Kawabata |
| Succeeded by | Banri Kaieda |
| In office 26 December 2012 – 21 November 2014 | |
| Monarch | Akihito |
| Speaker | Bunmei Ibuki |
| Preceded by | Seishirō Etō |
| Succeeded by | Tatsuo Kawabata |
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | |
| In office 16 September 2009 – 8 June 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Yukio Hatoyama |
| Preceded by | Shigeru Ishiba |
| Succeeded by | Masahiko Yamada |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 18 February 1990 – 14 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | Kenji Kanda |
| Constituency | Aichi 6th (1990–1996) Aichi 5th (1996–2005, 2009–2012, 2014–2021) Tōkai PR (2005–2009, 2012–2014) |
| Member of the Aichi Prefectural Assembly | |
| In office 30 April 1979 – 26 January 1990 | |
| Constituency | Nagoya City Nakamura Ward |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1948年05月03日) 3 May 1948 (age 76) Nagoya, Aichi, Japan |
| Political party | CDP (2017–present) |
| Other political affiliations | JSP (1966–1996) SDP (1996) DP 1996 (1996–1998) DPJ (1998–2016) DP 2016 (2016–2017) |
| Alma mater | Waseda University |
| Website | go-akamatsu |
Hirotaka Akamatsu (赤松 広隆, Akamatsu Hirotaka, born May 3, 1948) is a Japanese politician from the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, a former minister and Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan.
Life and career
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A native of Nagoya and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the first of his three terms in the Aichi Prefectural Assembly and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990 as a member of the Japan Socialist Party.
He was appointed Minister of Agriculture in 2009. In April 2010, he skipped the traditional visit by legislators to Ise Jingu, opting instead to take a holiday in Mexico with his wife. While he was on vacation, Japan suffered a large outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. His response to the outbreak was widely criticized and the Ministry of Agriculture apologized on his behalf on May 31.[1] The Hatoyama government collapsed in June and Akamatsu was not reappointed.
Akamatsu was the Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives between 2012 and 2014 and again between 2017 and 2021.
References
[edit ]- ^ "農相が口蹄疫問題で謝罪 対応の検証方針を表明 - 47News(よんななニュース)". Archived from the original on 2011年12月22日. Retrieved 2012年02月12日.
- 政治家情報 〜赤松 広隆〜. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN . Retrieved 2007年10月16日.
External links
[edit ]- Official website in Japanese.
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| Preceded by | Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan 2009–2010 |
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| Preceded by | Chairman of the DPJ Diet Affairs Committee 2000–2001 |
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| New political party | Chairman of the DPJ Diet Affairs Committee 1996–1997 |
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| Preceded by | Secretary-General of the Japan Socialist Party 1993 |
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| House of Representatives (Japan) | ||
| Preceded by | Representative for Aichi's 5th district 2014–2021 |
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Representative for the Tōkai proportional representation block 2012–2014 |
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| Preceded by | Representative for Aichi's 5th district 2009–2012 |
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Representative for the Tōkai proportional representation block 2005–2009 |
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| New district | Representative for Aichi's 5th district 1996–2005 |
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| Preceded by | Representative for Aichi's 6th district (multi-member) 1990–1996 Served alongside: Kōshirō Ishida, Tadao Ōtani, Takeshi Kataoka, Saburō Tsukamoto |
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