Kenji Kosaka
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31 October 2005 – 26 September 2006
26 July 2010 – 25 July 2016
19 February 1990 – 21 July 2009
(1990–1996)
Nagano 1st district
(1996-2009)
Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
(1990–1993, 1998–2016)
affiliations
(1993–1994)
New Frontier
(1994–1996)
Sun Party
(1996–1998)
Good Governance Party
(1998)
Secretary | Shinzō Abe |
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Internal Affairs | Heizō Takenaka |
Justice | Seiken Sugiura |
Foreign Affairs | Taro Aso |
Finance | Sadakazu Tanigaki |
Education | Kenji Kosaka |
Health | Jirō Kawasaki |
Agriculture | Shoichi Nakagawa |
Economy | Toshihiro Nikai |
Land | Kazuo Kitagawa |
Environment | Yuriko Koike |
Defense | Fukushiro Nukaga |
Ministers of State |
Kenji Kosaka (小坂 憲次, Kosaka Kenji, 12 March 1946 – 21 October 2016) was a Japanese politician.[1]
Biography
Kosaka was born in the city of Nagano in Nagano Prefecture, on 12 March 1946.[2][3] His father is Zentaro Kosaka, also a politician.[4] Kenji Kosaka received a law degree from Keio University in 1968.[3]
He worked in London for Japan Airlines between 1968 and 1984.[3] Returning to Japan, he became secretary to Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone in 1986. He was appointed minister of education on 31 October 2005.[3] In 2005, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the sixth time, representing Nagano Prefecture.[3]
Kenji Kosaka is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi.[5] He died on 21 October 2016 of cancer.[6][7]
References
- ^ "Japan's PM Abe berated in appeal to quit". Forbes. 7 August 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2010.[dead link]
- ^ "LDP Members". Liberal Democratic Party of Japan. Archived from the original on 22 November 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d e "Minister of Education". Kantei. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
- ^ "Few surprises in new Cabinet, announced by Junichiro Koizumi". Pravda. 1 November 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
- ^ "Major conservative nationalist organizations in Japan Archived 2014-09-02 at the Wayback Machine" (Asia Policy Point - 2007)
- ^ "小坂憲次氏死去、70歳=文科相、議運委員長歴任:時事ドットコム". www.jiji.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Obituary / Kenji Kosaka / Former education minister". Archived from the original on 2016-10-22. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
External links
- Official website
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Preceded by | Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan 2005–2006 | Succeeded by |