Masaaki Yamazaki

Masaaki Yamazaki
山崎 正昭
Official portrait, 2003
President of the House of Councillors
In office
2 August 2013 – 25 July 2016
MonarchAkihito
Vice PresidentAzuma Koshiishi
Preceded byKenji Hirata
Succeeded byChūichi Date
Vice President of the House of Councillors
In office
26 December 2012 – 2 August 2013
PresidentKenji Hirata
Preceded byHidehisa Otsuji
Succeeded byAzuma Koshiishi
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
(Political affairs, House of Councillors)
In office
22 September 2003 – 31 October 2005
Prime MinisterJunichiro Koizumi
Preceded byKōsei Ueno
Succeeded bySeiji Suzuki
Member of the House of Councillors
Assumed office
26 July 1992
Preceded byTasaburō Kumagai
ConstituencyFukui at-large
Speaker of the Fukui Prefectural Assembly
In office
May 1991 – March 1992
Member of the Fukui Prefectural Assembly
In office
April 1979 – June 1992
Member of the Ōno City Council
In office
February 1975 – February 1979
Personal details
Born (1942-05-24) 24 May 1942
PartyLiberal Democratic
Alma materNihon University
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Masaaki Yamazaki (山崎 正昭, Yamazaki Masaaki; born May 24, 1942) is a Japanese politician who served as President of the House of Councillors from 2013 to 2016. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he has served as a member of the House of Councillors in the National Diet since 1992.