Tanaka Tatsuo

Tatsuo Tanaka
田中 龍夫
Minister of Education
In office
17 July 1980  30 November 1981
Prime MinisterZenko Suzuki
Preceded bySen'ichi Tanigaki
Succeeded byHeiji Ogawa
Minister of International Trade and Industry
In office
24 December 1976  28 November 1977
Prime MinisterTakeo Fukuda
Preceded byToshio Kōmoto
Succeeded byToshio Kōmoto
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
(Political affairs)
In office
12 July 1957  June 1958
Prime MinisterNobusuke Kishi
Preceded byNaokichi Kitazawa
Succeeded byShunichi Matsumoto
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
20 April 1953  24 January 1990
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byTakeo Kawamura
ConstituencyYamaguchi 1st
Governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture
In office
16 April 1947  24 March 1953
MonarchHirohito
Preceded byIchirō Aoyagi
Succeeded byTarō Ozawa
Member of the House of Peers
In office
11 May 1946  2 May 1947
Personal details
Born(1910-09-20)20 September 1910
Hagi, Yamaguchi, Japan
Died30 March 1998(1998-03-30) (aged 87)
Resting placeTama Cemetery
Political partyLDP (1954–1998)
Other political
affiliations
Independent (before 1954)
JDP (1954–1955)
Parent
Alma materTokyo Imperial University

Tanaka Tatsuo (Japanese: 田中 龍夫, Tanaka Tatsuo; 20 September 1910 – March 30, 1998) was a Japanese politician and baron who served as Minister of Education from 1980 to 1981 and Minister of International Trade and Industry from 1976 to 1977.

He was the eldest son of Prime Minister Tanaka Giichi.