Taku Yamasaki
Taku Yamasaki | |
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山﨑 拓 | |
Yamasaki in 2005 | |
| Minister of Construction | |
| In office 5 November 1991 – 12 December 1992 | |
| Prime Minister | Kiichi Miyazawa |
| Preceded by | Yūji Ōtsuka |
| Succeeded by | Kishirō Nakamura |
| Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency | |
| In office 3 June 1989 – 10 August 1989 | |
| Prime Minister | Sōsuke Uno |
| Preceded by | Kichirō Tazawa |
| Succeeded by | Jūrō Matsumoto |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political affairs) | |
| In office 1 November 1984 – 28 December 1985 | |
| Prime Minister | Yasuhiro Nakasone |
| Preceded by | Toyohiko Mizuhira |
| Succeeded by | Shunjirō Karasawa |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 24 April 2005 – 21 July 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Junichiro Koga |
| Succeeded by | Shūji Inatomi |
| Constituency | Fukuoka 2nd |
| In office 10 December 1972 – 10 October 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | Junichiro Koga |
| Constituency | Fukuoka 1st (1972–1996) Fukuoka 2nd (1996–2003) |
| Member of the Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly | |
| In office 23 April 1967 – 7 December 1969 | |
| Constituency | Fukuoka City Sawara Ward |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 December 1936 Dalian, Kwantung, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic |
| Alma mater | Waseda University |
Taku Yamasaki (山崎 拓, Yamasaki Taku, born December 11, 1936) is a retired Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1972 to 2003 and from 2005 to 2009. He directed the Director General of the Japan Defense Agency for two months in 1989, and served as Minister of Construction from 1991 to 1992. He was a prominent faction leader in the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) during the late 1990s and early 2000s, and served as its Secretary-General and Vice President under Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.