Tatsuo Kawabata

Japanese politician

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Tatsuo Kawabata

川端 達夫

Official portrait, 2009

Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan
In office
24 December 2014 – 28 September 2017
Prime Minister| Shinzo Abe
Preceded by| Hirotaka Akamatsu
Succeeded by| Hirotaka Akamatsu
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
In office
2 September 2011 – 1 October 2012
Prime Minister| Yoshihiko Noda
Preceded by| Yoshihiro Katayama
Succeeded by| Shinji Tarutoko
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
In office
7 January 2010 – 17 September 2010
Prime Minister| Yukio Hatoyama
Naoto Kan
Preceded by| Naoto Kan
Succeeded by| Banri Kaieda
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
In office
16 September 2009 – 17 September 2010
Prime Minister| Yukio Hatoyama
Naoto Kan
Preceded by| Ryū Shionoya
Succeeded by| Yoshiaki Takaki
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
15 May 2014 – 28 September 2017
Constituency| Kinki PR
In office
7 July 1986 – 16 November 2012
Constituency| Shiga at-large (1986–1996)
Shiga 1st (1996–2005; 2009–2012)
Kinki PR (2005–2009)
Personal details
Born|  (1945-01-24) 24 January 1945 (age 79)
Gamō, Shiga, Japan
Political party| DPP
Other political
affiliations| DSP
New Frontier
New Fraternity
DPJ

Alma mater| Kyoto University

Tatsuo Kawabata (川端 達夫, Kawabata Tatsuo, born January 24, 1945) is a former Japanese politician from the Democratic Party. A native of Ōmihachiman, Shiga, he attended Kyoto University and received a master's degree from it. His elder brother is former mayor of Ōmihachiman Gohei Kawabata.

## Early life

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Born in Gamō-gun, Shiga Prefecture (now Ōmihachiman city). He graduated from Shiga Prefectural Hikone East High School, Kyoto University Faculty of Engineering. He joined Toray after completing a master's program at the Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. Besides being involved in development research, he also worked on the trade union movement.

## Political career

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Kawabata with UK ambassador David Warren in 2012

Kawabata served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) from 1986 to 2017.

In September 2011 Kawabata was appointed as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications in the cabinet of newly appointed prime minister Yoshihiko Noda.[1] He was relieved from the post on 1 October 2012. In September 2017, Kawabata announced that he would not run in the 2017 general election and would retire from politics.

## References

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1. ^ Japan Times, "Cabinet Profiles: Noda Cabinet", 3 September 2011, p. 3.

* 政治家情報 〜川端 達夫〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-20. `{{cite web}}`: External link in ``|work=`` (help)

## External links

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* Official website in Japanese.

House of Representatives (Japan)

Preceded by

Sōsuke Uno
Ganri Yamashita
Kōichi Noguchi
Hiroyoshi Sezaki
Hachirō Nishida

|  Member of the House of Representatives
from the Shiga At-large district
1986–1996
Served alongside: Masayoshi Takemura, Ganri Yamashita, Sōsuke Uno, Tsutomu Yamamoto | Constituency abolished
New constituency |  Member of the House of Representatives
from Shiga 1st district (single-member)
1996–2005  | Succeeded by

Kenichiro Ueno

Preceded by

29-member block

|  Member of the House of Representatives
from the Kinki proportional block
2005–2009  | Succeeded by

29-member block

Preceded by

Kenichiro Ueno

|  Member of the House of Representatives
from Shiga 1st district (single-member)
2009–2012  | Succeeded by

Toshitaka Ōoka

Preceded by

29-member block
(vacancy created by Taizō Mikazuki, DPJ list)

|  Member of the House of Representatives
from the Kinki proportional block
2014–2017  | Succeeded by

Yukiko Kada

Political offices
Preceded by

Ryū Shionoya

|  Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
2009–2010  | Succeeded by

Yoshiaki Takaki

Preceded by

Naoto Kan

|  Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
2010  | Succeeded by

Banri Kaieda

Preceded by

Yoshihiro Katayama

|  Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
2011–2012  | Succeeded by

Shinji Tarutoko

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