Nobutaka Machimura
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Nobutaka Machimura (町村 信孝, Machimura Nobutaka, 17 October 1944 – 1 June 2015) was a Japanese politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives of Japan and a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.[1] He was Chief Cabinet Secretary in the government of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda from 2007 to 2008 and twice Minister for Foreign Affairs, in the cabinets of Junichiro Koizumi and Shinzō Abe. He resigned as the Speaker of the House of Representatives on 21 April 2015 after suffering from a stroke.[2]
Quick Facts Junior Second Rank, Speaker of the House of Representatives ...
Junior Second Rank Nobutaka Machimura | |
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町村 信孝 | |
Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
In office 24 December 2014 – 21 April 2015 | |
Monarch | Akihito |
Preceded by | Bunmei Ibuki |
Succeeded by | Tadamori Oshima |
Chief Cabinet Secretary | |
In office 26 September 2007 – 24 September 2008 | |
Prime Minister | Yasuo Fukuda |
Preceded by | Kaoru Yosano |
Succeeded by | Takeo Kawamura |
Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
In office 27 August 2007 – 26 September 2007 | |
Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
Preceded by | Tarō Asō |
Succeeded by | Masahiko Kōmura |
In office 27 September 2004 – 21 September 2005 | |
Prime Minister | Junichiro Koizumi |
Preceded by | Yoriko Kawaguchi |
Succeeded by | Tarō Asō |
Personal details | |
Born | (1944-10-17)17 October 1944 Numazu, Japan |
Died | 1 June 2015(2015-06-01) (aged 70) Tokyo, Japan |
Political party | Liberal Democratic Party (1983–2015) |
Alma mater | University of Tokyo Wesleyan University |
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