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Masaharu Nakagawa (House of Representatives)

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Yoshiaki Takaki
中川 正春
Official portrait, 2011
Minister of State for Disaster Management
In office
1 February 2012 – 1 October 2012
Prime MinisterYoshihiko Noda
Preceded byTatsuo Hirano
Succeeded byMikio Shimoji
Minister of State for the New Public Commons
In office
1 February 2012 – 1 October 2012
Prime MinisterYoshihiko Noda
Preceded byKatsuya Okada
Succeeded byIkko Nakatsuka
Minister of State for Gender Equality
In office
1 February 2012 – 1 October 2012
Prime MinisterYoshihiko Noda
Preceded byKatsuya Okada
Succeeded byIkko Nakatsuka
Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate
In office
10 February 2012 – 23 April 2012
Prime MinisterYoshihiko Noda
Preceded byKatsuya Okada
Succeeded byYoko Komiyama
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
In office
2 September 2011 – 13 January 2012
Prime MinisterYoshihiko Noda
Preceded byYoshiaki Takaki
Succeeded byHirofumi Hirano
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
21 October 1996 – 9 October 2024
ConstituencyMie 2nd (1996–2021)
Tōkai PR (2021–2024)
Member of the Mie Prefectural Assembly
In office
1983–1995
ConstituencyMatsusaka City
Personal details
Born (1950-06-10) 10 June 1950 (age 74)
Matsusaka, Mie, Japan
Political partyCDP (since 2017)
Other political
affiliations		LDP (before 1992)
JNP (1992–1994)
NFP (1994–1997)
Independent (1997–1998)
GGP (1998)
DPJ (1998–2016)
DP (2016–2017)
Alma materGeorgetown University

Masaharu Nakagawa (中川 正春, Nakagawa Masaharu, born 10 June 1950) is a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party. A native of Matsusaka, Mie and graduate of Georgetown University in the United States he was elected for the first time in 1996 after serving in the local assembly of Mie Prefecture. In September 2011 he was appointed as Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in the cabinet of newly appointed prime minister Yoshihiko Noda.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Japan Times, "Cabinet Profiles: Noda Cabinet", 3 September 2011, p. 3.
  2. ^ Fukada, Takahiro, "Society must value overseas study: Nakagawa", Japan Times, 24 September 2011, p. 2.
  • 政治家情報 〜中川 正春〜. JANJAN ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 October 2007.
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