Hirotaka Akamatsu

Hirotaka Akamatsu
Hirotaka Akamatsu
	赤松広隆
Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 November 2017
Speaker	Tadamori Oshima
Preceded by	Tatsuo Kawabata
	In office; 26 December 2012 – 21 November 2014
Speaker	Bunmei Ibuki
Preceded by	Seishirō Etō
Succeeded by	Tatsuo Kawabata
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
	In office; 16 September 2009 – 8 June 2010
Prime Minister	Yukio Hatoyama
Preceded by	Shigeru Ishiba
Succeeded by	Masahiko Yamada
Member of the House of Representatives
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 18 February 1990
Constituency	Aichi-5th (1996–2005, 2009–2012, 2014–present); Tōkai PR (2005–2009, 2012–2014); Aichi-6th (1990–1996)
Personal details
Born	3 May 1948; Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Political party	Constitutional Democratic
Other political; affiliations	DP (2016–2017, split); DPJ (1996–2016, merger); SDP (Jan–Sep 1996); JSP (1966–1996, name change)
Alma mater	Waseda University
Website	go-akamatsu.com

Hirotaka Akamatsu (赤松広隆, Akamatsu Hirotaka, born May 3, 1948) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

Life and career

with James Zumwalt (right)

A native of Nagoya and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the first of his three terms in the Aichi Prefectural Assembly and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990 as a member of the Japan Socialist Party.

He was appointed Minister of Agriculture in 2009. In April 2010, he skipped the traditional visit by legislators to Ise Jingu, opting instead to take a holiday in Mexico with his wife. While he was on vacation, Japan suffered a large outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. His response to the outbreak was widely criticized and the Ministry of Agriculture apologized on his behalf on May 31.[1] The Hatoyama government collapsed in June and Akamatsu was not reappointed.

Akamatsu is the current Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives. He was also previously Vice Speaker between 2012 and 2014.

References

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-12-22. Retrieved 2012-02-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

政治家情報〜赤松広隆〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-16.

External links

Official website in Japanese.

Political offices
Preceded by Shigeru Ishiba	Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan 2009–2010	Succeeded by Masahiko Yamada
Party political offices
Preceded by Tatsuo Kawabata	Chairman of the DPJ Diet Affairs Committee 2000–2001	Succeeded by Hiroshi Kumagai
New political party	Chairman of the DPJ Diet Affairs Committee 1996–1997	Succeeded by Junsuke Iwata
Preceded by Sadao Yamahana	Secretary-General of the Japan Socialist Party 1993	Succeeded by Wataru Kubo
House of Representatives of Japan
Preceded by Kenji Kanda	Representative for Aichi's 5th district 2014–	Incumbent
Preceded by -	Representative for the Tōkai proportional representation block 2012–2014	Succeeded by -
Preceded by Takahide Kimura	Representative for Aichi's 5th district 2009–2012	Succeeded by Kenji Kanda
Preceded by -	Representative for the Tōkai proportional representation block 2005–2009	Succeeded by -
New district	Representative for Aichi's 5th district 1996–2005	Succeeded by Takahide Kimura
Preceded by Saburō Tsukamoto Takeshi Kataoka Kōshirō Ishida Iwao Andō	Representative for Aichi's 6th district (multi-member) 1990–1996 Served alongside: Kōshirō Ishida, Tadao Ōtani, Takeshi Kataoka, Saburō Tsukamoto	District eliminated

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-12-22. Retrieved 2012-02-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)