Tetsuma Esaki | |
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江﨑 鐵磨 (江﨑 鉄磨) | |
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety | |
In office August 3, 2017 – February 27, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Yosuke Tsuruho |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
Assumed office 18 December 2012 | |
Constituency | Aichi 10th |
In office 9 November 2003 – 21 July 2009 | |
Constituency | Aichi 10th |
In office 19 July 1993 – 2 June 2000 | |
Constituency | Aichi 3rd (1993-1996) Aichi 10th (1996-2000) |
Personal details | |
Born | Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan | September 17, 1943
Political party | Liberal Democratic (2003-present) |
Other political affiliations | Japan Renewal (1993-1994) New Frontier (1994-1997, dissolution) Liberal (1998-2000, split) New Conservative (2000-2003, merger) |
Parent | Masumi Esaki (father) |
Relatives | Yoichiro Esaki (brother) |
Alma mater | Rikkyo University |
Tetsuma Esaki (born September 17, 1943) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), formerly a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).[1] He was appointed to be the Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs by Shinzō Abe August 3, 2017.[2] A native of Ichinomiya, Aichi and graduate of Rikkyo University, he was elected for the first time in 1993 as a member of the now-defunct Japan Renewal Party. He later joined the LDP. He was defeated in the 2009 by DPJ candidate Kazumi Sugimoto.[1]
August 3, 2017, he served as Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs, and Consumer Affairs and Food Safety. But February 27, 2018, He resigned from the minister due to a mild cerebral infarction. Next day, Teru Fukui, former vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology assumed office as a successor.