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Taku Yamamoto

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Taku Yamamoto (山本 拓, Yamamoto Taku, born 1952) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Sabae, Fukui and graduate of Hosei University, he was elected to the first of his two terms in the assembly of Fukui Prefecture in 1983 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990. After losing his seat in 1996, he ran unsuccessfully for the governorship of Fukui Prefecture in 1999. He was re-elected to the House of Representatives in 2003.

He is married to Representative Sanae Takaichi.

References

  • 政治家情報 〜山本 拓〜. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2007-10-16. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
House of Representatives (Japan)
Preceded by Chair, Lower House Special Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues
2007–2008
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chair, Lower House Committee on Discipline
2012
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chair, Lower House Special Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues
2012–2014
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chair, Lower House Special Committee on Political Ethics and Election Law
2014–2016
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by
Mitsuhiro Miyakoshi, Issui Miura
Senior Vice Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
2006–2007
Served alongside: Masayuki Kunii
Succeeded by