Yasuo Ichikawa

Yasuo Ichikawa
一川 保夫
Official portrait, 2011
Minister of Defence
In office
2 September 2011  13 January 2012
Prime MinisterYoshihiko Noda
Preceded byToshimi Kitazawa
Succeeded byNaoki Tanaka
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
29 July 2007  28 July 2013
Preceded byTetsuo Kutsukake
Succeeded bySyuji Yamada
ConstituencyIshikawa at-large
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
25 October 1996  8 August 2005
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byMulti-member district
ConstituencyHokuriku-Shin'etsu PR
Member of the Ishikawa Prefectural Assembly
In office
30 April 1991  1 October 1996
ConstituencyKomatsu City
Personal details
Born (1942-02-06) 6 February 1942
Komatsu, Japan
Political partyCDP (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations
LDP (1976–1993)
JRP (1993–1994)
NFP (1994–1998)
LP (1998–2003)
DPJ (2003–2017)
Alma materMie University

Yasuo Ichikawa (一川 保夫, Ichikawa Yasuo; born February 6, 1942) is a former Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan who served as the Minister of Defence from 2011 to 2012.