Hirotaka Akamatsu

Hirotaka Akamatsu (赤松 広隆, Akamatsu Hirotaka, born May 3, 1948) is a Japanese politician from the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, a former minister and Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan.

Hirotaka Akamatsu
赤松 広隆
Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan
In office
1 November 2017 – 14 October 2021
SpeakerTadamori Oshima
Preceded byTatsuo Kawabata
Succeeded byBanri Kaieda
In office
26 December 2012 – 21 November 2014
SpeakerBunmei Ibuki
Preceded bySeishirō Etō
Succeeded byTatsuo Kawabata
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
In office
16 September 2009 – 8 June 2010
Prime MinisterYukio Hatoyama
Preceded byShigeru Ishiba
Succeeded byMasahiko Yamada
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
18 February 1990 – 14 October 2021
ConstituencyAichi-5th (1996–2005, 2009–2012, 2014–2021)
Tōkai PR (2005–2009, 2012–2014)
Aichi-6th (1990–1996)
Personal details
Born (1948-05-03) 3 May 1948
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Political partyCDP
Other political
affiliations		DP (2016–2017, split)
DPJ (1996–2016, merger)
SDP (Jan–Sep 1996)
JSP (1966–1996, name change)
Alma materWaseda University
Websitego-akamatsu.com

Life and career
with James Zumwalt (right)

A native of Nagoya and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the first of his three terms in the Aichi Prefectural Assembly and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990 as a member of the Japan Socialist Party.

He was appointed Minister of Agriculture in 2009. In April 2010, he skipped the traditional visit by legislators to Ise Jingu, opting instead to take a holiday in Mexico with his wife. While he was on vacation, Japan suffered a large outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. His response to the outbreak was widely criticized and the Ministry of Agriculture apologized on his behalf on May 31.[1] The Hatoyama government collapsed in June and Akamatsu was not reappointed.

Akamatsu was the Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives between 2012 and 2014 and again between 2017 and 2021.

References
  1. "農相が口蹄疫問題で謝罪 対応の検証方針を表明 - 47News（よんななニュース）". Archived from the original on 2011-12-22. Retrieved 2012-02-12.


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