Taro Nakayama
Taro Nakayama | |
|---|---|
中山 太郎 | |
.jpg) Nakayama in 2004 | |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 10 August 1989 – 5 November 1991 | |
| Prime Minister | Toshiki Kaifu |
| Preceded by | Hiroshi Mitsuzuka |
| Succeeded by | Michio Watanabe |
| Director-General of the Okinawa Development Agency | |
| In office 17 July 1980 – 30 November 1981 | |
| Prime Minister | Zenkō Suzuki |
| Preceded by | Keizō Obuchi |
| Succeeded by | Kunio Tanabe |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 8 July 1986 – 21 July 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Sadao Wada |
| Succeeded by | Osamu Nakagawa |
| Constituency | Osaka 5th (1986–1996) Osaka 18th (1996–2009) |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
| In office 8 July 1968 – 18 June 1986 | |
| Preceded by | Fukuzo Nakayama |
| Succeeded by | Kiyoshi Nishikawa |
| Constituency | Osaka at-large |
| Member of the Osaka Prefectural Assembly | |
| In office 23 April 1955 – 8 June 1968 | |
| Constituency | Osaka City Ikuno Ward |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 August 1924 |
| Died | 15 March 2023 (aged 98) Sakai, Osaka, Japan |
| Party | Liberal Democratic |
| Parent(s) | Fukuzō Nakayama Masa Nakayama |
| Relatives | Masaaki Nakayama (brother) Yasuhide Nakayama (nephew) |
| Alma mater | Osaka Medical College |
Taro Nakayama (中山 太郎, Nakayama Tarō; 27 August 1924 – 15 March 2023) was a Japanese doctor and politician who served in the House of Councillors and the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Osaka[1] he received a Ph.D. in medicine from Osaka Medical College in 1960 for the study of infantile paralysis. After serving in the assembly of Osaka Prefecture he was elected to the Diet for the first time in 1968 as a member of the House of Councilors and to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1986. From 1989 to 1990 he served as Minister for Foreign Affairs in Toshiki Kaifu's cabinet (1989–1991).
Nakayama's parents, Fukuzō and Masa, were also politicians and members of the Diet, as are his brother Masaaki and nephew Yasuhide.
Nakayama also made history by hiring the first non-Japanese aide, Timothy Langley, into the Japanese Diet as was showcased on 60 Minutes.[2]
Nakayama was affiliated to the openly revisionist organization Nippon Kaigi.[3] He was a mentor to Nippon Ishin no Kai politician Nobuyuki Baba.[4]
Nakayama died on 15 March 2023, at the age of 98.[5]
References
- Notes
- ^ "衆議院中山太郎オフィシャルホームページ〜PLOFILE ENGLISH〜". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2007.
- ^ Jeffs, Angela (11 November 2006). "U.S. lawyer gets the impossible done in Japan". JapanTimes.co.jp. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013.
- ^ "Pro-Yasukuni lineup features Aso Cabinet" - Japan Press Weekly - 24 September 2008
- ^ Yoda, Tsubasa (19 March 2022). "Japan's Ishin party seeks to shake up status quo in July election". Nikkei Asia.
- ^ 日本前外务大臣中山太郎去世 (in Japanese)
- Sources
- 政治家情報 〜中山 太郎〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 8 October 2007.