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Yaichi TANIGAWA
PROFILE OF THE SENIOR VICE MINISTER OF EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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Yaichi Tanigawa Senior Vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Date of birth: August 12, 1941 Hometown: Kishikumachi, Goto-shi, Nagasaki prefecture (Member of the Liberal Democratic Party, Nagasaki prefecture third electoral district, elected four times to the House of Representatives) Website： http://www.tanigawa81.jp |
Academic Background
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March 1961 |
Graduated from Nagasaki Prefectural Nagasaki Higashi High School |
Political Career
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April 1987 |
Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly member (five consecutive terms) |
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April 2003 |
Chairman of the Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly |
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November 2003 |
Elected to the 43rd House of Representatives (first term) |
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October 2004 |
Chairman of the LDP Subcommittee on Industrial Revitalization of the Isolated Islands |
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September 2005 |
Elected to the 44th House of Representatives (second term) |
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October 2006 |
Deputy Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party |
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October 2006 |
Director of the House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
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August 2007 |
Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
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August 2008 |
Acting Chair of the LDP Fisheries Division |
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August 2009 |
Elected to the 45th House of Representatives (third term) |
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October 2009 |
Member of the House of Representatives Budget Committee |
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October 2009 |
Acting Director of the LDP Agriculture and Forestry Division |
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October 2012 |
Deputy Chairman of the LDP Policy Research Council |
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November 2012 |
Chairman of the Special Committee on Isolated Islands Promotion |
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December 2012 |
Elected to the 46th House of Representatives (fourth term) |
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December 2012 |
Senior Vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
Biography
After graduating from Nagasaki Higashi High School, the Senior Vice Minister returned to Goto to work in the family business of a sawmill, later founding Tanigawa Construction Inc.
First elected to the Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly in April 1987 and was appointed Chairman of the Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly in April 2003. Following the retirement of his predecessor, the Diet member Kazuo Torashima in November 2003, the Senior Vice Minister stood as a candidate in the House of Representatives election and was elected for the first time.
After serving as Deputy Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party, Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Deputy Chairman of the LDP Policy Research Council (in charge of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology), and Chairman of the Special Committee on Isolated Islands Promotion, the Senior Vice Minister was appointed to his current position.
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Favourite saying / Motto |
One focused goal, one unwavering mind |
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Hobbies |
Go (third dan rank), reading, walking |
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