Minister of Finance

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Sadakazu TANIGAKI


Date of birth: March 7, 1945
Member of the House of Representatives
Constituency: Kyoto 5th district (Elected 9 times)

Family
Married, with two daughters
Education
Graduated from Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo (1972)

Career
2005. 10 -Minister of Finance
2005. 9 - 2005. 10Minister of Finance
2004. 9 - 2005. 9Minister of Finance
2003. 11 - 2004. 9Minister of Finance
2003. 9 - 2003. 11Minister of Finance
2003. 7 - 2003. 9Minister of State for Food Safety
2003. 4 - 2003. 9Minister of State for Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan
2002.11 - 2003. 4Minister of State for Industrial Revitalization Corporation
(provisional name)
2002. 9 - 2003. 9Chairman, National Public Safety Commission
2002. 9 - 2003. 7Minister of State for Food Safety Commission (provisional name)
2000. 2 - 2000. 7Chairman, Financial Reconstruction Commission
1998. 7 - 1999.10State Secretary for Finance
1997. 9 - 1998. 7Minister of State for Science and Technology
1995. 9 - 1996.10Chairman, Standing Committee on Rules and Administration,
House of Representatives (HR)
1991.11 - 1993. 1Chairman, Standing Committee on Communications, HR
1990. 2 - 1990.12Parliamentary Vice Minister for Defense
1988.12 - 1989. 6Parliamentary Vice Minister for Posts and Telecommunications
1983. 8 -Elected as a member of HR
1982. 4 -Attorney-at-Law