Masaaki Yamazaki

Masaaki Yamazaki
山崎 正昭
Official portrait, 2003
President of the House of Councillors
In office
2 August 2013  25 July 2016
MonarchAkihito
Vice PresidentAzuma Koshiishi
Preceded byKenji Hirata
Succeeded byChūichi Date
Vice President of the House of Councillors
In office
26 December 2012  2 August 2013
PresidentKenji Hirata
Preceded byHidehisa Otsuji
Succeeded byAzuma Koshiishi
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
(Political affairs, House of Councillors)
In office
22 September 2003  31 October 2005
Prime MinisterJunichiro Koizumi
Preceded byKōsei Ueno
Succeeded bySeiji Suzuki
Member of the House of Councillors
Assumed office
26 July 1992
Preceded byTasaburō Kumagai
ConstituencyFukui at-large
Speaker of the Fukui Prefectural Assembly
In office
May 1991  March 1992
Member of the Fukui Prefectural Assembly
In office
April 1979  June 1992
Member of the Ōno City Council
In office
February 1975  February 1979
Personal details
Born (1942-05-24) 24 May 1942
Ōno, Fukui, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Alma materNihon University

Masaaki Yamazaki (山崎 正昭, Yamazaki Masaaki; born May 24, 1942) is a Japanese politician who served as President of the House of Councillors from 2013 to 2016. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he has served as a member of the House of Councillors in the National Diet since 1992.