Masahiko Kōmura

Masahiko Kōmura
高村 正彦
Kōmura in 2008
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
26 September 2007  24 September 2008
Prime MinisterYasuo Fukuda
Preceded byNobutaka Machimura
Succeeded byHirofumi Nakasone
In office
30 July 1998  5 October 1999
Prime MinisterKeizō Obuchi
Preceded byKeizō Obuchi
Succeeded byYōhei Kōno
Minister of Defense
In office
27 August 2007  26 September 2007
Prime MinisterShinzō Abe
Preceded byYuriko Koike
Succeeded byShigeru Ishiba
Minister of Justice
In office
5 December 2000  26 April 2001
Prime MinisterYoshirō Mori
Preceded byOkiharu Yasuoka
Succeeded byHirofumi Nakasone
Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency
In office
30 June 1994  8 August 1995
Prime MinisterTomiichi Murayama
Preceded byYoshio Terazawa
Succeeded byIsamu Miyazaki
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
23 June 1980  28 September 2017
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byMasahiro Kōmura
ConstituencyYamaguchi 2nd (1980–1996)
Yamaguchi 1st (1996–2017)
Personal details
Born (1942-03-15) 15 March 1942
Shūnan, Yamaguchi, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
ChildrenMasahiro Kōmura
Alma materChuo University

Masahiko Kōmura (高村 正彦, Kōmura Masahiko; born 15 March 1942) is a Japanese politician who served as Vice President of the Liberal Democratic Party from 2012 to 2018. He served in several cabinet position, including as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 1999 and again from 2007 to 2008. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1980 to 2017.