Taku Yamasaki

Taku Yamasaki
山﨑 拓
Yamasaki in 2005
Vice President of the Liberal Democratic Party
In office
21 September 2003 – 9 November 2003
PresidentJunichiro Koizumi
Preceded byKeizō Obuchi (1995)
Succeeded byTadamori Ōshima (2010)
Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party
In office
24 April 2001 – 21 September 2003
PresidentJunichiro Koizumi
Secretary-GeneralShinzo Abe
Preceded byMakoto Koga
Succeeded byShinzo Abe
Minister of Construction
In office
5 November 1991 – 12 December 1992
Prime MinisterKiichi Miyazawa
Preceded byYūji Ōtsuka
Succeeded byKishirō Nakamura
Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
In office
3 June 1989 – 10 August 1989
Prime MinisterSōsuke Uno
Preceded byKichirō Tazawa
Succeeded byJūrō Matsumoto
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
(Political affairs)
In office
1 November 1984 – 28 December 1985
Prime MinisterYasuhiro Nakasone
Preceded byToyohiko Mizuhira
Succeeded byShunjirō Karasawa
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
24 April 2005 – 21 July 2009
Preceded byJunichiro Koga
Succeeded byShūji Inatomi
ConstituencyFukuoka 2nd
In office
10 December 1972 – 10 October 2003
Preceded byKazuma Shintō
Succeeded byJunichiro Koga
ConstituencyFukuoka 1st (1972–1996)
Fukuoka 2nd (1996–2003)
Member of the Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly
In office
23 April 1967 – 7 December 1969
ConstituencyFukuoka City Sawara Ward
Personal details
Born (1936-12-11) 11 December 1936
PartyLiberal Democratic
Alma materWaseda University
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Taku Yamasaki (山崎 拓, Yamasaki Taku; born 11 December 1936) is a retired Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1972 to 2003 and from 2005 to 2009. He directed the Director General of the Japan Defense Agency for two months in 1989, and served as Minister of Construction from 1991 to 1992. He was a prominent faction leader in the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) during the late 1990s and early 2000s, and served as its Secretary-General and Vice President under Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.