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Japanese politician (born 1959) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Takeaki Matsumoto (松本 剛明, Matsumoto Takeaki, born April 25, 1959) is a Japanese politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs in 2011. A native of Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 after running unsuccessfully as an independent in 1996.
Takeaki Matsumoto | |
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松本 剛明 | |
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications | |
Assumed office 14 December 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Fumio Kishida |
Preceded by | Junji Suzuki |
In office 21 November 2022 – 13 September 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Fumio Kishida |
Preceded by | Minoru Terada |
Succeeded by | Junji Suzuki |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 9 March 2011 – 2 September 2011 | |
Prime Minister | Naoto Kan |
Preceded by | Yukio Edano (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Kōichirō Gemba |
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Assumed office 31 August 2009 | |
Preceded by | Tōru Toida |
In office 26 June 2000 – 8 August 2005 | |
Preceded by | Tōru Toida |
Succeeded by | Tōru Toida |
In office 12 September 2005 – 21 July 2009 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Tokyo, Japan | 25 April 1959
Political party | Liberal Democratic Party (2017–present) |
Other political affiliations | Independent (before 1998, 2015–2017) Democratic Party of Japan (1998–2015) |
Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
Matsumoto is a great-great-grandson of Itō Hirobumi, the first Prime Minister of Japan. Matsumoto's father, Juro Matsumoto, was a senior member of the Liberal Democratic Party and was the Minister of Defense from August 1989 to February 1990.[1] Matsumoto was selected as Foreign Minister of Japan in 2011 by Prime Minister Naoto Kan, after the resignation of his predecessor, Seiji Maehara, only two days before the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and subsequent Fukushima I nuclear disaster.
In 2015 Matsumoto left the DPJ citing the party's opposition to the 2015 Japanese military legislation and cooperation with the JCP. Before the 2017 elections he joined the Liberal Democratic Party.
In November 2022, Matsumoto was appointed by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to be Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, replacing Minoru Terada who had resigned the previous day.[2]
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