Hakuo Yanagisawa
Hakuo Yanagisawa | |
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柳澤 伯夫 | |
Shinzō Abe | |
| Preceded by | Jirō Kawasaki |
| Succeeded by | Yōichi Masuzoe |
| Minister of State for Financial Services | |
| In office 6 January 2001 – 30 September 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | Yoshirō Mori |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Heizō Takenaka |
| Chairman of the Financial Reconstruction Commission | |
| In office 5 December 2000 – 6 January 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Yoshirō Mori |
| Preceded by | Hideyuki Aizawa |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| In office 15 December 1998 – 5 October 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | Keizō Obuchi |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Succeeded by | Michio Ochi |
| Minister of State (with responsibility for Financial Reconstruction) | |
| In office 23 October 1998 – 15 December 1998 | |
| Prime Minister | Keizō Obuchi |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Head of the National Land Agency | |
| In office 30 July 1998 – 23 October 1998 | |
| Prime Minister | Keizō Obuchi |
| Preceded by | Hisaoki Kamei |
| Succeeded by | Kichio Inoue |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 18, 1935 Tokyo University |
Hakuo Yanagisawa (House of Representatives from 1980 to 2009. His constituency was Shizuoka Prefecture 3rd District.
In January 2007, he drew criticism for describing women as "birth-giving machines" and "baby making devices" in a speech on the falling
Career
He is from the city of
House of Representatives for the first time, and has been elected eight times since. He was the Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs from July 1994 until August 1995, and the Chairman of the Committee on Health and Welfare from March 1998 to July 1998.[citation needed
]
In July 1998 he was appointed to be the Minister of State for the
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in September 2006.[6] He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, belonging specifically to the Kōchikai
(Koga faction).
In August 2009, Yanagisawa ran for reelection to represent Shizuoka's 3rd district House of Representatives, but was defeated by Nobuhiro Koyama. Yanagisawa thereafter retired from politics and accepted a post as the president of Josai International University.
References
- ^ The Guardian: Japanese minister wants 'birth-giving machines', aka women, to have more babies (Justin McCurry in Tokyo dated January 29, 2007)
- ^ BBC News: Japan women called child machines (27 January 2007, 22:48 GMT)
- ^ Japan Times: Yanagisawa apologizes anew, adds gaffe(8 February 2007)
- ^ "６閣僚に「９条守れ」/天理教平和の会、信者に要請".
- ^ The Japan Times Online Cabinet Profiles - Hakuo Hanagisawa (27 January 2007, 22:48 GMT)
- ^ Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (27 January 2007, 22:48 GMT)
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