Takeo Kawamura (politician)

Takeo Kawamura
河村 建夫
Official portrait, 2012
Chief Cabinet Secretary
In office
24 September 2008  16 September 2009
Prime MinisterTarō Asō
Preceded byNobutaka Machimura
Succeeded byHirofumi Hirano
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
In office
22 September 2003  27 September 2004
Prime MinisterJunichiro Koizumi
Preceded byAtsuko Tōyama
Succeeded byNariaki Nakayama
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
19 February 1990  14 October 2021
Preceded byTanaka Tatsuo
Succeeded byYoshimasa Hayashi
ConstituencyYamaguchi 1st (1990–1996)
Yamaguchi 3rd (1996–2021)
Personal details
Born (1942-11-10) 10 November 1942
Hagi, Yamaguchi, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Children4
Alma materKeio University

Takeo Kawamura (河村 建夫, Kawamura Takeo; born November 10, 1942) is a former Japanese politician from the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as Chief Cabinet Secretary from 2008 to 2009, and a member of the House of Representatives from 1990 to 2021, representing the Yamaguchi 3rd district.