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Masahiko Yamada

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Masahiko Yamada
山田 正彦
Official portrait, 2009
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
In office
8 June 2010 – 17 September 2010
Prime MinisterNaoto Kan
Preceded byHirotaka Akamatsu
Succeeded byMichihiko Kano
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
25 June 2000 – 16 November 2012
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byYaichi Tanigawa
Constituency
In office
19 July 1993 – 27 September 1996
ConstituencyNagasaki 2nd
Personal details
Born (1942-04-08) 8 April 1942 (age 82)
Fukue, Nagasaki, Japan
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Alma materWaseda 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.

Yamada in 2015

References

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  • 政治家情報 〜山田 正彦〜. senkyo.janjan.jp (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-16.
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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
2010
Succeeded by
Preceded by Senior Vice Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
2009–2010
Served alongside: Akira Gunji
Succeeded by
House of Representatives (Japan)
Preceded by Representative for Nagasaki 3rd district
2009–2012
Succeeded by
Yaichi Tanigawa
Preceded by
Representative for the Kyūshū PR block
2000–2009
Succeeded by
Preceded by Representative for Nagasaki 2nd district (multi-member)
1993–1996
Served alongside: Genjirō Kaneko, Kazuo Torashima, Izumi Yamazaki
District eliminated