Hirotaka Akamatsu | |
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赤松 広隆 | |
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| Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan | |
| Assumed office 1 November 2017 | |
| Speaker | Tadamori Oshima |
| Preceded by | Tatsuo Kawabata |
| In office 26 December 2012 – 21 November 2014 | |
| 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 | |
| Assumed office 18 February 1990 | |
| Constituency | Aichi-5th (1996–2005, 2009–2012, 2014–present) Tōkai PR (2005–2009, 2012–2014) Aichi-6th (1990–1996) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 May 1948 Nagoya, Aichi, Japan |
| Political party | Constitutional Democratic |
| Other political affiliations | DP (2016–2017, split) DPJ (1996–2016, merger) SDP (Jan–Sep 1996) JSP (1966–1996, name change) |
| Alma mater | Waseda University |
| Website | go-akamatsu |
Hirotaka Akamatsu (赤松 広隆, Akamatsu Hirotaka, born May 3, 1948) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
Life and career
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 is the current Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives. He was also previously Vice Speaker between 2012 and 2014.
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-12-22. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
- 政治家情報 〜赤松 広隆〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-16.
External links
- Official website in Japanese.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Shigeru Ishiba | Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan 2009–2010 | Succeeded by Masahiko Yamada |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by Tatsuo Kawabata | Chairman of the DPJ Diet Affairs Committee 2000–2001 | Succeeded by Hiroshi Kumagai |
| New political party | Chairman of the DPJ Diet Affairs Committee 1996–1997 | Succeeded by Junsuke Iwata |
| Preceded by Sadao Yamahana | Secretary-General of the Japan Socialist Party 1993 | Succeeded by Wataru Kubo |
| House of Representatives of Japan | ||
| Preceded by Kenji Kanda | Representative for Aichi's 5th district 2014– | Incumbent |
| Preceded by - | Representative for the Tōkai proportional representation block 2012–2014 | Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by Takahide Kimura | Representative for Aichi's 5th district 2009–2012 | Succeeded by Kenji Kanda |
| Preceded by - | Representative for the Tōkai proportional representation block 2005–2009 | Succeeded by - |
| New district | Representative for Aichi's 5th district 1996–2005 | Succeeded by Takahide Kimura |
| Preceded by Saburō Tsukamoto Takeshi Kataoka Kōshirō Ishida Iwao Andō | Representative for Aichi's 6th district (multi-member) 1990–1996 Served alongside: Kōshirō Ishida, Tadao Ōtani, Takeshi Kataoka, Saburō Tsukamoto | District eliminated |