Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
In office 2 August 2008 – 24 September 2008
Prime Minister
Yasuo Fukuda
Preceded by
Tetsuzo Fuyushiba
Succeeded by
Nariaki Nakayama
Minister of Finance
In office 22 September 2003 – 26 September 2006
Prime Minister
Junichiro Koizumi
Preceded by
Masajuro Shiokawa
Succeeded by
Kōji Omi
Personal details
Born
(1945-03-07) 7 March 1945 (age 79) Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, Japanese Empire
Political party
Liberal Democratic Party
Alma mater
University of Tokyo
Website
Official website
Sadakazu Tanigaki (谷垣 禎一, Tanigaki Sadakazu, born 7 March 1945) is a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1983 to 2016, as Minister of Finance from 2003 to 2006, as President of the Liberal Democratic Party and Leader of the Opposition from 2009 to 2012, as Minister of Justice from 2012 to 2014, and as LDP Secretary-General from 2014 to 2016. He was only the second LDP leader who was not simultaneously Prime Minister of Japan. He retired from politics following a spinal cord injury in 2016 that saw him using a wheelchair.
SadakazuTanigaki (谷垣 禎一, TanigakiSadakazu, born 7 March 1945) is a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1983...
Liberal Democratic Party. His chief competitors for the position were SadakazuTanigaki and Tarō Asō. Yasuo Fukuda was a leading early contender but ultimately...
more anxious. Members of the Japanese Diet, such as Kiichi Inoue and SadakazuTanigaki, came under criticism for comments made in the wake of the killing...
Japanese poet and scholar of Japanese literature SadakazuTanigaki (谷垣 禎一, born 1945), Japanese politician Sadakazu Uyenishi (上西 貞一, 1880–?), Japanese jujutsuka...
entering Opposition. In 2012, he sought to challenge Opposition Leader SadakazuTanigaki for the presidency of the LDP, but was defeated by former Prime Minister...
death of incumbent representatives Senichi Tanigaki and Shigesaburo Maeo. Tanigaki's son SadakazuTanigaki won the most votes in the election, followed...
of maintaining current level of employment. LDP Secretary General SadakazuTanigaki held that it was difficult to cope with risks stemming from sidestepping...
Shimbun and other news outlets reported as fact, and opposition leader SadakazuTanigaki accused the government of causing the Fukushima meltdowns. Early in...
Preceded by Ichirō Ozawa Leader of the Opposition 2009 Succeeded by SadakazuTanigaki Preceded by Taro Aso Prime Minister of Japan 2009–2010 Succeeded by...
district until 2017, the representative for the 5th district was SadakazuTanigaki (LDP, Tanigaki→Koga faction) who had previously represented the old 2nd district...
Masahiro Kanagawa 29 M 21 February 2013 Tokyo Multiple murders 2 SadakazuTanigaki 93 Keiki Kano 62 M Nagoya Multiple murders* 1 94 Kaoru Kobayashi 44...
2008. He ran for President of the LDP in 2009, but was defeated by SadakazuTanigaki. Kono replaced Hiroyuki Sonoda as Deputy Secretary-General of the...
put to the test in their struggle to save the unit. SadakazuTanigaki (谷垣サダカズ, TanigakiSadakazu) The leader of the LPD when the party became the opposition...
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