Masaharu Nakagawa (House of Representatives)
Yoshiaki Takaki | |
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中川 正春 | |
 Official portrait, 2011 | |
| Minister of State for Disaster Management | |
| In office 1 February 2012 – 1 October 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Yoshihiko Noda |
| Preceded by | Tatsuo Hirano |
| Succeeded by | Mikio Shimoji |
| Minister of State for the New Public Commons | |
| In office 1 February 2012 – 1 October 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Yoshihiko Noda |
| Preceded by | Katsuya Okada |
| Succeeded by | Ikko Nakatsuka |
| Minister of State for Gender Equality | |
| In office 1 February 2012 – 1 October 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Yoshihiko Noda |
| Preceded by | Katsuya Okada |
| Succeeded by | Ikko Nakatsuka |
| Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate | |
| In office 10 February 2012 – 23 April 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Yoshihiko Noda |
| Preceded by | Katsuya Okada |
| Succeeded by | Yoko Komiyama |
| Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | |
| In office 2 September 2011 – 13 January 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Yoshihiko Noda |
| Preceded by | Yoshiaki Takaki |
| Succeeded by | Hirofumi Hirano |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 21 October 1996 – 9 October 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Multi-member district |
| Constituency | Mie 2nd (1996–2021) Tōkai PR (2021–2024) |
| Member of the Mie Prefectural Assembly | |
| In office 1983–1995 | |
| Constituency | Matsusaka City |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 June 1950 Matsusaka, Mie, Japan |
| Political party | CDP (since 2017) |
| Other political affiliations | LDP (before 1992) JNP (1992–1994) NFP (1994–1997) Independent (1997–1998) GGP (1998) DPJ (1998–2016) DP (2016–2017) |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University |
Masaharu Nakagawa (中川 正春, Nakagawa Masaharu, born 10 June 1950) is a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party. A native of Matsusaka, Mie and graduate of Georgetown University in the United States he was elected for the first time in 1996 after serving in the local assembly of Mie Prefecture. In September 2011 he was appointed as Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in the cabinet of newly appointed prime minister Yoshihiko Noda.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ Japan Times, "Cabinet Profiles: Noda Cabinet", 3 September 2011, p. 3.
- ^ Fukada, Takahiro, "Society must value overseas study: Nakagawa", Japan Times, 24 September 2011, p. 2.
- 政治家情報 〜中川 正春〜. JANJAN ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 October 2007.
External links
[edit]- Official website in Japanese.
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