Takeshi Maeda

Takeshi Maeda
前田 武志
Maeda in 2011
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
In office
2 September 2011 – 4 June 2012
Prime MinisterYoshihiko Noda
Preceded byAkihiro Ohata
Succeeded byYuichiro Hata
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
26 July 2004 – 25 July 2016
ConstituencyNational PR
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
6 July 1986 – 2 June 2000
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byRyotaro Tanose
ConstituencyNara at-large (1986–1996)
Nara 4th (1996–2000)
Personal details
Born (1937-10-22) 22 October 1937 (age 87)
Yoshino, Nara, Japan
Political partyDPP (since 2018)
Other political
affiliations		LDP (until 1993)
JRP (1993–1994)
NFP (1994–1996)
Sun (1996–1998)
GGP (1998)
DPJ (1998–2016)
DP (2016–2018)
Alma materKyoto University

Takeshi Maeda (前田 武志, Maeda Takeshi, born October 22, 1937) is a retired Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, who served as a member of the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).

Early life

A native of Yoshino District, Nara, Maeda graduated from Kyoto University with a master's degree.

Political career

Maeda was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1986, representing the Nara at-large constituency. After serving in the House of Representatives for four terms, one as representative for the Nara 4th constituency, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2004.

In September 2011 he was appointed as Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in the cabinet of newly appointed prime minister Yoshihiko Noda.[1][2] However, Maeda left the ministry the following year after a series of censure motions [3] were passed by the House of Councillors in April 2012. These motions required prime minister Noda to dismiss both Maeda and the Minister of Defence Naoki Tanaka in order to get the necessary support from the opposition parties to pass his plan to increase Japan's consumption tax rate.[4]

Maeda retired from the House of Councillors after his term expired in 2016.[5]

References

  1. ^ Japan Times, "Cabinet Profiles: Noda Cabinet", 3 September 2011, p. 3.
  2. ^ Aoki, Mizuho, "Maeda eyes Eco-point plan to revive Tohoku", Japan Times, 13 September 2011, p. 3.
  3. ^ Japan Times, "LDP readies two censure motions", 18 April 2012
  4. ^ Japan Times, "Cabinet reshuffle for convenience", 6 June 2012
  5. ^ Takeshi Maeda, "[1]",
  • 政治家情報 〜前田 武志〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-12-08. Retrieved 2007-11-17. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)


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