Masahiko Yamada
Appearance
Masahiko Yamada | |
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山田 正彦 | |
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | |
In office 8 June 2010 – 17 September 2010 | |
Prime Minister | Naoto Kan |
Preceded by | Hirotaka Akamatsu |
Succeeded by | Michihiko Kano |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office 25 June 2000 – 16 November 2012 | |
Preceded by | Multi-member district |
Succeeded by | Yaichi Tanigawa |
Constituency |
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In office 19 July 1993 – 27 September 1996 | |
Constituency | Nagasaki 2nd |
Personal details | |
Born | Fukue, Nagasaki, Japan | 8 April 1942
Political party | Independent |
Other political affiliations | |
Alma mater | Waseda University |
Masahiko Yamada (山田 正彦, Yamada Masahiko, born April 8, 1942) is a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) between 1993 and 1996, and between 2003 and 2012. A native of Fukue, Nagasaki, a Roman Catholic, and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 after unsuccessful runs in 1979, 1986 and 1990. Before running for office, he worked as a rancher and a lawyer.
References
[edit]- 政治家情報 〜山田 正彦〜. senkyo.janjan.jp (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-16.
External links
[edit]- Official website in Japanese.
Categories:
- 1942 births
- Living people
- Democratic Party of Japan politicians
- 20th-century Japanese lawyers
- Japanese Roman Catholics
- Ministers of agriculture, forestry and fisheries of Japan
- Members of the House of Representatives (Japan)
- Politicians from Nagasaki Prefecture
- Ranchers
- Waseda University alumni
- 21st-century Japanese politicians
- Japanese politician, 1940s birth stubs