Yoshiaki Takaki

Yoshiaki Takaki
高木 義明
Official portrait, 2010
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
In office
17 September 2010  2 September 2011
Prime MinisterNaoto Kan
Preceded byTatsuo Kawabata
Succeeded byMasaharu Nakagawa
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
1990  28 September 2017
ConstituencyFormer Nagasaki 1st (1990–1996)
Kyushu PR (1996–2000; 2012–2017)
Nagasaki 1st (2000–2012)
Member of the Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly
In office
April 1987  January 1990
ConstituencyNagasaki City
Member of the Nagasaki City Assembly
In office
April 1975  April 1987
Personal details
Born (1945-12-22) 22 December 1945
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
Political partyDPP
Other political
affiliations
DSP
New Frontier
New Fraternity
DPJ
DP

Yoshiaki Takaki (高木 義明, Takaki Yoshiaki; born December 22, 1945) is a former Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi and high-school graduate he was elected to the Diet for the first time in 1990 after serving in the union executive and local assemblies for 15 years.