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Japanese politician
Kazunori Tanaka
田中 和徳
Kazunori in 2019
Minister for Reconstruction
In office
11 September 2019 – 16 September 2020
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Preceded byHiromichi Watanabe
Succeeded byKatsuei Hirasawa
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 October 1996
Preceded byConstituency established
ConstituencySouthern Kanto PR (1996–2000; 2009–2012)
Kanagawa 10th (2000–2009; 2012–present)
Member of the Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly
In office
1991–1995
ConstituencyKawasaki Ward, Kawasaki City
Member of the Kawasaki City Council
In office
1983–1991
ConstituencyKawasaki Ward
Personal details
Born (1949-01-21) 21 January 1949 (age 75)
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Alma materHosei University

Kazunori Tanaka (田中 和徳, Tanaka Kazunori, born January 21, 1949) is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and Minister of Reconstruction. A native of Toyoura District, Yamaguchi and graduate of Hosei University he was elected for the first time in 1996 after serving in local assemblies.

Tanaka was general director of the Liberal Democratic Party International bureau in 2015.

Overview

Tanaka at a press conference in 2019

Tanaka was elected to the Kawasaki Municipal Assembly, since then re-elected once, 1983. Then he was elected to the Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly, 1991. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in the 1996 general election. He was Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Junichirō Koizumi in 2001. He was Parliamentary Secretary for Finance in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Junichirō Koizumi in 2002. He was Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Junichirō Koizumi in 2003.

He was Vice Minister of Finance the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzō Abe on 26 September 2006. Tnaka was Senior Vice Minister of Environment the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzō Abe on 26 December 2012.

He took office as Minister of Reconstruction since 9 September 2019.

References

  1. "Kamoshita Ichiro | Liberal Democratic Party of Japan". www.jimin.jp. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05.
  2. "japankantei".
  3. "Kamoshita Ichiro | Liberal Democratic Party of Japan". www.jimin.jp. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05.
  4. "japan kantei".
  5. "japankantei".

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House of Representatives (Japan)
Preceded byYoshiaki Harada Chairman of the Committee on Financial Affairs
2008–2009 		Succeeded byKōichirō Genba
Preceded byRyū Shionoya Chairman of the Deliberative Council on Political Ethics
2024–present 		Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded byHiromichi Watanabe Minister for Reconstruction
2019–2020 		Succeeded byKatsuei Hirasawa
Party political offices
Preceded byWataru Takeshita Chief of the Party Organisation and Movement Headquarters,
Liberal Democratic Party
2014–2015 		Succeeded byTaimei Yamaguchi
Preceded byYasukazu Hamada Director of the International Bureau,
Liberal Democratic Party
2015–2017 		Succeeded byTeru Fukui


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