Hirotaka Akamatsu

Hirotaka Akamatsu
赤松 広隆
Official portrait, 2009
Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office
1 November 2017  14 October 2021
MonarchsAkihito
Naruhito
SpeakerTadamori Oshima
Preceded byTatsuo Kawabata
Succeeded byBanri Kaieda
In office
26 December 2012  21 November 2014
MonarchAkihito
SpeakerBunmei Ibuki
Preceded bySeishirō Etō
Succeeded byTatsuo Kawabata
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
In office
16 September 2009  8 June 2010
Prime MinisterYukio Hatoyama
Preceded byShigeru Ishiba
Succeeded byMasahiko Yamada
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
18 February 1990  14 October 2021
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byKenji Kanda
ConstituencyAichi 6th (1990–1996)
Aichi 5th (1996–2005, 2009–2012, 2014–2021)
Tōkai PR (2005–2009, 2012–2014)
Member of the Aichi Prefectural Assembly
In office
30 April 1979  26 January 1990
ConstituencyNagoya City Nakamura Ward
Personal details
Born (1948-05-03) 3 May 1948
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Political partyCDP (since 2017)
Other political
affiliations
JSP (1966–1996)
SDP (1996)
DP 1996 (1996–1998)
DPJ (1998–2016)
DP 2016 (2016–2017)
Alma materWaseda University
Websitego-akamatsu.com

Hirotaka Akamatsu (赤松 広隆, Akamatsu Hirotaka; born May 3, 1948) is a Japanese politician from the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, a former minister and Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan.