Tadashi Maeda (politician)
Tadashi Maeda (前田 正, Maeda Tadashi, December 7, 1946 – October 28, 2013) was a Japanese politician who served two terms in the House of Representatives.
Early life
[edit]Born in Osaka as the son of House of Representatives member Jinichirō Maeda.
Education
[edit]Maeda graduated in 1969 from the Engineering Department of Osaka University.
Career
[edit]After serving as promotions director of the Osaka branch of the LDP, he was elected to the Diet in the 39th general election on an LDP ticket,[1] and joined the Kōmoto Faction. In the 1993 general election he failed to be reelected, but managed to be reelected on a New Frontier Party ticket in the 1996 general election. In 1998, he joined the so-called Reform Club led by Ichiro Ozawa. In 1999, he became Parliamentary Vice-Minister in the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, a post he also had in the Second Obuchi Cabinet[2] and in the First Mori Cabinet.
Death
[edit]He died on October 28, 2013, in Osaka from heart failure.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "前田正氏が死去 元衆院議員" (in Japanese). Nihon Keizai Shimbun. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
- ^ "元新進党衆院議員の前田正さん死去" (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
- ^ "前田正氏死去（元衆院議員）" (in Japanese). Jiji Press. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
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