Hajime Tamura
Hajime Tamura | |
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| Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 2 June 1989 – 24 January 1990 | |
| Monarch | Akihito |
| Preceded by | Kenzaburo Hara |
| Succeeded by | Yoshio Sakurauchi |
| Minister of International Trade and Industry | |
| In office 22 July 1986 – 27 December 1988 | |
| Prime Minister | Yasuhiro Nakasone Noboru Takeshita |
| Preceded by | Michio Watanabe |
| Succeeded by | Hiroshi Mitsuzuka |
| Minister of Transport | |
| In office 14 December 1976 – 28 November 1977 | |
| Prime Minister | Takeo Fukuda |
| Preceded by | Hirohide Ishida |
| Succeeded by | Kenji Fukunaga |
| Minister of Labour | |
| In office 7 July 1972 – 22 December 1972 | |
| Prime Minister | Kakuei Tanaka |
| Preceded by | Toshio Tsukahara |
| Succeeded by | Tsunetaro Kato |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 27 February 1955 – 20 October 1996 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 May 1924 Matsuzaka, Mie |
| Died | 1 November 2014 (aged 90) Shibuya Tokyo |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | Keio University |
Hajime Tamura (田村 元, Tamura Hajime) (5 May 1924 – 1 November 2014) was a Japanese politician. He held different cabinet posts and served as the speaker of the House of Representatives.
Early life and education
Tamura was born in
Career and activities
Tamura was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.[3] He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1955.[1][4] In the party Tamura was one of the leaders of the Interparty Relations Committee and belonged to the faction led by Kakuei Tanaka.[5]
He was appointed labour minister in 1972 and transport minister in 1976.
Tamura, nicknamed the “wheeler-dealer” in political arena, retired from politics in 1996.[11]
Personal life and death
Tamura was married and has three daughters.
References
- ^ a b c d e "A Perspective of Japanese/Canadian Economic Ties and Japan's Overseas Economic Policy". Empire Club of Canada. 20 June 1988. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ^ a b "Kakuei Tanaka. Chapter 5. Getting Rid of Kaifu". rcrinc.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2003.
- ^ JSTOR 43737946.
- ^ "Norihisa Tamura". Kantei. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ISBN 978-1-4039-6901-9.
- ^ Clyde Haberman (7 November 1987). "Japan's New Cabinet Gets Old Face". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ^ "Japan's longest-serving trade minister". Xinhuanet. 30 September 2002. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ^ a b Karl Schoenberger (28 December 1988). "Takeshita Shuffles Cabinet but Retains Key Ministers". Los Angeles Times. Tokyo. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ISBN 978-1565490345.
- ^ a b "The National Diet of Japan" (PDF). Secretariat of the House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ^ a b "Former Lower House speaker Tamura dies at 90". The Japan Times. Kyodo. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ "元衆院議長の田村元氏死去 当選１４回「政界仕掛け人". Asahi (in Japanese). 4 November 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
External links
Media related to Hajime Tamura (politician) at Wikimedia Commons
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