Tatsuo Kawabata

Tatsuo Kawabata
Tatsuo Kawabata
川端達夫
	June 6, 2012
Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan
	In office; 24 December 2014 – 28 September 2017
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Hirotaka Akamatsu
Succeeded by	Hirotaka Akamatsu
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
	In office; 2 September 2011 – 1 October 2012
Prime Minister	Yoshihiko Noda
Preceded by	Yoshihiro Katayama
Succeeded by	Shinji Tarutoko
Personal details
Born	24 January 1945 (age 79); Gamō, Shiga, Japan
Political party	Democratic Party
Alma mater	Kyoto University

Tatsuo Kawabata (川端達夫, Kawabata Tatsuo, born January 24, 1945) is a Japanese politician from the Democratic Party, and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) from 1986 to 2017. A native of Ōmihachiman, Shiga, he attended Kyoto University and received a master's degree from it. His elder brother is former mayor of Omihachiman Gohei Kawabata. In September 2011 he was appointed as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications in the cabinet of newly appointed prime minister Yoshihiko Noda.^[1] He was relieved from the post on 1 October 2012. In September 2017, Kawabata announced that he would not run in the 2017 general election and would retire from politics.

Life[edit]

Born in Gamo-gun, Shiga prefecture (now Omihachiman city ). The birthplace ran a pharmacy . Graduated from Shiga Prefectural Hikone East High School, Kyoto University Faculty of Engineering. Joined Toray after completing a master's program at the Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. Besides being involved in development research, he also worked on the trade union movement.

Notes and references[edit]

^ Japan Times, "Cabinet Profiles: Noda Cabinet", 3 September 2011, p. 3.

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External links[edit]

Official website in Japanese.

House of Representatives of Japan
Preceded by Sōsuke Uno Ganri Yamashita Kōichi Noguchi Hiroyoshi Sezaki Hachirō Nishida	Member of the House of Representatives from the Shiga At-large district 1986–1996 Served alongside: Masayoshi Takemura, Ganri Yamashita, Sōsuke Uno, Tsutomu Yamamoto	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of the House of Representatives from Shiga 1st district (single-member) 1996–2005	Succeeded by Kenichiro Ueno
Preceded by 29-member block	Member of the House of Representatives from the Kinki proportional block 2005–2009	Succeeded by 29-member block
Preceded by Kenichiro Ueno	Member of the House of Representatives from Shiga 1st district (single-member) 2009–2012	Succeeded by Toshitaka Ōoka
Preceded by 29-member block (vacancy created by Taizō Mikazuki, DPJ list)	Member of the House of Representatives from the Kinki proportional block 2014–2017	Succeeded by Yukiko Kada
Political offices
Preceded by Ryū Shionoya	Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2009–2010	Succeeded by Yoshiaki Takaki
Preceded by Naoto Kan	Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy 2010	Succeeded by Banri Kaieda
Preceded by Yoshihiro Katayama	Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications 2011–2012	Succeeded by Shinji Tarutoko

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[1] Japan Times, "Cabinet Profiles: Noda Cabinet", 3 September 2011, p. 3.

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