Tatsuo Kawabata

Tatsuo Kawabata
川端 達夫
Official portrait, 2009
Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office
24 December 2014 – 28 September 2017
SpeakerNobutaka Machimura
Tadamori Ōshima
Preceded byHirotaka Akamatsu
Succeeded byHirotaka Akamatsu
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
In office
2 September 2011 – 1 October 2012
Prime MinisterYoshihiko Noda
Preceded byYoshihiro Katayama
Succeeded byShinji Tarutoko
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
In office
7 January 2010 – 17 September 2010
Prime MinisterYukio Hatoyama
Naoto Kan
Preceded byNaoto Kan
Succeeded byBanri Kaieda
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
In office
16 September 2009 – 17 September 2010
Prime MinisterYukio Hatoyama
Naoto Kan
Preceded byRyū Shionoya
Succeeded byYoshiaki Takaki
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
15 May 2014 – 28 September 2017
Preceded byTaizō Mikazuki
Succeeded byMulti-member district
ConstituencyKinki PR
In office
7 July 1986 – 16 November 2012
Preceded byHachirō Nishida
Succeeded byToshitaka Ōoka
ConstituencyShiga at-large (1986–1996)
Shiga 1st (1996–2005)
Kinki PR (2005–2009)
Shiga 1st (2009–2012)
Personal details
Born (1945-01-24) 24 January 1945
PartyDemocratic (1998–2016)
Other political
affiliations
DSP (1986–1996)
New Frontier (1996–1998)
New Fraternity (1998)
DP (2016–2018)
Alma materKyoto University
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Tatsuo Kawabata (川端 達夫, Kawabata Tatsuo; born 24 January 1945) is a former Japanese politician from the Democratic Party. A native of Ōmihachiman, Shiga, he attended Kyoto University and received a master's degree from it. His elder brother is former mayor of Ōmihachiman Gohei Kawabata.