Yasukazu Hamada
Yasukazu Hamada ( Japanese 浜 田 靖 一 , Hamada Yasukazu ; born October 21, 1955 in Futtsu , Chiba Prefecture ) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), member of the Shūgiin , the lower house, and former defense minister of his country. He does not belong to any faction within the LDP .
Life
Hamada is the son of Shūgiin MP Kōichi Hamada . After studying at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale , Michigan , and Senshū University in Chiyoda , Tokyo , Hamada worked in the office of Treasury Secretary Michio Watanabe from 1980 , and from 1982 as Secretary to Treasury Secretary Takeshita Noboru . Two years later he finally became his father's first secretary.
In the 1993 Shūgiin election , Yasukazu Hamada himself was first elected to the Shūgiin. In 1998 he was Parliamentary State Secretary ( seimujikan ) in the Defense Authority, the forerunner of the Ministry of Defense, and in 2003 under Shigeru Ishiba State Secretary ( fuku-chōkan ). In the LDP, Hamada was deputy chairman of the Political Research Committee ( PARC ) in 2001 , and in 2004 deputy chairman of the Committee on Parliamentary Affairs.
In September 2008, Prime Minister Tarō Asō appointed him to his cabinet as Minister of Defense .
Web links
- Official Website (Japanese)
- Japan Times : Curriculum Vitae (English)
- Website of the band Gi! Nz (Japanese) from Hamada and the LDP members Hachirō Okonogi , Yoshimasa Hayashi and Masaji Matsuyama
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Yoshimasa Hayashi |
Minister of Defense September 24, 2008–16. September 2009 |
Toshimi Kitazawa |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hamada, Yasukazu |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 浜 田 靖 一 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Futtsu , Chiba Prefecture , Japan |