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Osamu Fujimura
藤村 修
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura meeting with Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva
Chief Cabinet Secretary
In office
2 September 2011 – 26 December 2012
Prime MinisterYoshihiko Noda
Preceded byYukio Edano
Succeeded byYoshihide Suga
Personal details
Born (1949-11-03) 3 November 1949 (age 75)
Osaka, Japan
Political partyDemocratic Party
Other political
affiliations		New Party
Alma materHiroshima University

Osamu Fujimura (藤村 修, Fujimura Osamu, born 3 November 1949) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan and a former member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

Early life and education

A native of Osaka, Osaka, Fujimura was born on 3 November 1949.[1] He studied engineering at Hiroshima University.[1]

Career

he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 as a member of the Japan New Party. He lost in 2005 election but was reelected in 2009. In September 2011, he was appointed as Chief Cabinet Secretary in the cabinet of then prime minister Yoshihiko Noda.[1] He was also the Minister for the Abduction Issue.

He lost his seat in the 16 December 2012 general election.[2] He left office on 26 December 2012.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Noda Cabinet". The Japan times. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  2. ^ Japan Times Nothing left for the election-gutted DPJ to do but rebuild 18 December 2012
House of Representatives (Japan)
Preceded by Representative for Osaka 7th district (single-member)
2009–2012 		Succeeded by
Naomi Tokashiki
Preceded by
N/A
 Representative for the Kinki proportional representation block
2005–2009 		Succeeded by
N/A
New district Representative for Osaka 7th district (single-member)
1996–2005 		Succeeded by
Naomi Tokashiki
Preceded by Representative for Osaka 3rd district
1993–1996
Served alongside: Mikio Ōmi, Kansei Nakano, Issei Inoue, Ken Harada 		District eliminated
Preceded by Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare
2009–2010 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Chief Cabinet Secretary
2011–2012 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Senior Vice Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
2010–2011
Served alongside: Yōko Komiyama 		Succeeded by
Yōko Komiyama, Kōhei Ōtsuka
Preceded by Senior Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
2010
Served alongside: Kōichi Takemasa 		Succeeded by


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