Hirofumi Nakasone
Hirofumi Nakasone | |
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中曽根 弘文 | |
Nakasone in 2015 | |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 24 September 2008 – 16 September 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Tarō Asō |
| Preceded by | Masahiko Kōmura |
| Succeeded by | Katsuya Okada |
| Minister of Education Director of the Science and Technology Agency | |
| In office 5 October 1999 – July 2000 | |
| Prime Minister | Keizō Obuchi Yoshirō Mori |
| Preceded by | Akito Arima |
| Succeeded by | Tadamori Ōshima |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
| Assumed office 8 July 1986 | |
| Preceded by | Hiroichi Fukuda |
| Constituency | Gunma at-large |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 November 1945 |
| Party | Liberal Democratic |
| Spouse | Mariko Nakasone |
| Children | Yasutaka Nakasone Fumiko Nakasone |
| Parent(s) | Yasuhiro Nakasone Tsutako Kobayashi |
| Relatives | Ichiro Kawanabe (son-in-law) Tomomi Sato (daughter-in-law) |
| Alma mater | Keio University |
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Hirofumi Nakasone (中曽根 弘文, Nakasone Hirofumi; born 28 November 1945) is a Japanese politician, who served as a Minister for Foreign Affairs from September 2008 to September 2009. A member of Liberal Democratic Party, he was also served as a Minister of Education under then-Japanese Prime Minister Yoshirō Mori. He is the son of former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone.
Nakasone was appointed as head of the Science and Technology Agency by Prime Minister Keizō Obuchi in early October 1999. In the Cabinet of Prime Minister Tarō Asō, appointed on 24 September 2008, Nakasone was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs.