Takeo Nishioka

Takeo Nishioka
西岡 武夫
Official portrait, 1988
President of the House of Councillors
In office 30 July 2010 – 5 November 2011
Monarch	Akihito
Vice President	Hidehisa Otsuji
Preceded by	Satsuki Eda
Succeeded by	Kenji Hirata
Minister of Education
In office 27 December 1988 – 10 August 1989
Prime Minister	Noboru Takeshita Sōsuke Uno
Preceded by	Gentarō Nakajima
Succeeded by	Kazuya Ishibashi
Member of the House of Councillors
In office 29 July 2001 – 5 November 2011
Constituency	National PR
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 8 July 1986 – 3 February 1998
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Masakazu Kuranari
Constituency	Former Nagasaki 1st (1986–1996) Nagasaki 1st (1996–1998)
In office 22 November 1963 – 28 November 1983
Constituency	Former Nagasaki 1st
Personal details
Born	(1936-02-12)12 February 1936 Nagasaki, Japan
Died	5 November 2011(2011-11-05) (aged 75) Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Democratic
Other political affiliations	Liberal Democratic New Liberal Club New Frontier Liberal
Children	Hideko Nishioka
Parents	Takejirō Nishioka (father) Haru Nishioka (mother)
Relatives	Tadashi Kuranari (cousin)
Alma mater	Waseda University

Takeo Nishioka (西岡 武夫, Nishioka Takeo, February 12, 1936 – November 5, 2011) was a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), who served as a member of the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors in the Diet.[1]

Early life

Nishioka was a native of Nagasaki and graduated from Waseda University.

Political career

Nishioka was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1963. He lost his seat in 1983 but was re-elected in 1986. He lost the seat again in 2000 and was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2001.

In 2010, he was elected as the President of the House of Councillors, as a member of the DPJ.[2]

References

1. Japan's upper house president dies of pneumonia: report
2. "Japan's upper house President Takeo Nishioka dies at 75"

Sources

• 政治家情報 〜西岡 武夫〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-12-01. Retrieved 2007-11-17. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)

External links

• Official website in Japanese.

Political offices
Preceded by Gentarō Nakajima	Minister of Education 1988–1989	Succeeded by Kazuya Ishibashi
House of Councillors
Preceded by Satsuki Eda	President of the House of Councillors 2010–2011	Succeeded by TBD
Preceded by N/A	Councillor by proportional representation 2001–2011	Succeeded by Tomoko Hata (scheduled replacement w/o vote by kuriage-tōsen)
House of Representatives (Japan)
New district	Representative for Nagasaki 1st district 1996–1998	Vacant Title next held by Masakazu Kuranari
Preceded by Shigemitsu Nakamura Kakuji Miyazaki Masayoshi Kobuchi Tadashi Kuranari Fumio Kyūma	Representative for Nagasaki 1st district (multi-member) 1986–1996 Served alongside: Tadashi Kuranari, Yoshiaki Takaki, ...	District eliminated
Preceded by Motoharu Baba Tadashi Kuranari Chōjirō Taguchi Shigemitsu Nakamura Tsuyoshi Kihara	Representative for Nagasaki 1st district (multi-member) 1963–1983 Served alongside: Tadashi Kuranari, ...	Succeeded by Shigemitsu Nakamura Kakuji Miyazaki Masayoshi Kobuchi Tadashi Kuranari Fumio Kyūma
Party political offices
Preceded by Takashi Yonezawa	Secretary general of the New Frontier Party 1996–1997	Party dissolved
New title	Diet affairs chief of the New Frontier Party 1996	Succeeded by Kansei Nakano
Preceded by Shunjirō Karasawa	Chairman of the LDP General Affairs Committee 1990–1991	Succeeded by Kōkō Satō