Masaaki Ōsawa

Masaaki Ōsawa ( Japanese 大澤正明 , Ōsawa Masaaki ; born January 21, 1946 in Ojima , Nitta County (now: Ōta ), Gunma Prefecture ) is a Japanese politician and was governor of Gunma from 2007 to 2019.

Life

Osawa, a graduate of Keio University and the " Officer Candidate School of Marine Self-Defense Forces " ( rikujō jieitai Kambu kōhosei Gakko ), worked from 1971 for the construction company KK Osawa kensetsu ( 大沢建設 ). After 1983 he was a member of the Ojima City Council for a total of two terms, from 1991 he was a member of the Gunma Prefectural Parliament for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the constituency of Nitta (two seats) for four terms , where he was last confirmed in 2003 without a vote. From 2006 he was President of the Prefectural Parliament.

In 2007 Ōsawa ran as an LDP candidate with the support of Kōmeitō in the gubernatorial election against long-time incumbent Hiroyuki Kodera - also a former LDP candidate - and three other applicants. Gunma is considered a "conservative kingdom" ( hoshu ōkoku ), that is, an LDP stronghold, and is the home of the political families of Prime Ministers Nakasone , Obuchi and Fukuda - Fukuda's son Yasuo supported Ōsawa in the election campaign. Ōsawa received 305,354 votes and narrowly beat Kodera (292,553 votes). He took office on July 28, 2007.

As governor, Ōsawa criticized the decision of the new government in Tokyo under Yukio Hatoyama in 2009 not to build the Yamba dam on Agatsuma , which had been planned for decades . In the 2011 and 2015 gubernatorial elections , Ōsawa was re-elected for two further terms by a two-thirds majority. As he announced in 2018, he was no longer running for a fourth term in July 2019; Ichita Yamamoto was elected to succeed him, previously LDP Senator for Gunma.

Web links

Official website (Japanese) ( Memento of April 14, 2019 in the Internet Archive )

Zenkoku Chijikai (National Conference of Governors; NGA): Series with self-introduction by the governors, June 2016, 大澤正明群馬県知事 , accessed on July 30, 2019, & short biography ( memento of August 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Japanese)

Individual evidence

↑ 群馬県> 群馬県議会議員選挙 . (No longer available online.) In: ザ・選挙 . JANJAN (Japan Alternative News for Justices and New Cultures) February 16, 2007, archived from the original September 18, 2009 ; Retrieved December 20, 2009 (Japanese).
↑ 群馬県> 群馬県知事選挙 . (No longer available online.) In: ザ・選挙 . JANJAN (Japan Alternative News for Justices and New Cultures) September 3, 2007, archived from the original January 10, 2010 ; Retrieved December 20, 2009 (Japanese).
^ Despite split, LDP wins Gunma race. In: The Japan Times . July 23, 2007, accessed December 20, 2009 .
↑ Maehara visits Yamba Dam site. Minister embarks on campaign to soothe perturbed residents. In: The Japan Times . September 24, 2009, accessed December 20, 2009 .

personal data
SURNAME	Ōsawa, Masaaki
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	大澤正明 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Japanese politician
DATE OF BIRTH	January 21, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ojima , Nitta-gun (Gunma) Gunma Prefecture

[1] 群馬県> 群馬県議会議員選挙 . (No longer available online.) In: ザ・選挙 . JANJAN (Japan Alternative News for Justices and New Cultures) February 16, 2007, archived from the original September 18, 2009 ; Retrieved December 20, 2009 (Japanese).

[2] 群馬県> 群馬県知事選挙 . (No longer available online.) In: ザ・選挙 . JANJAN (Japan Alternative News for Justices and New Cultures) September 3, 2007, archived from the original January 10, 2010 ; Retrieved December 20, 2009 (Japanese).

[3] Despite split, LDP wins Gunma race. In: The Japan Times . July 23, 2007, accessed December 20, 2009 .

[4] Maehara visits Yamba Dam site. Minister embarks on campaign to soothe perturbed residents. In: The Japan Times . September 24, 2009, accessed December 20, 2009 .