Taku Yamamoto

Japanese politician

山本拓

Official portrait, 2006

Member of the House of Representatives
for FukuiIn office
9 November 2003 – 14 October 2021In office
18 February 1990 – 27 September 1996Member of the Fukui Prefectural AssemblyIn office
22 April 1983 – 17 February 1990 Personal detailsBorn

Taku Yamamoto

(1952-07-07) 7 July 1952 (age 72)
Sabae, Fukui, JapanPolitical partyLDP (until 1994; 2000–present)Other political
affiliationsNFP (1994–1996)
Independent (1996–2000)Spouse

Sanae Takaichi

(m. 2004; div. 2017)

(m. 2021)

Children3Alma materHosei UniversityOccupationLinguist • Politician

Taku Takaichi (山本拓; born Taku Yamamoto, 7 July 1952) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party.^[1]

Political career

He was a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) until 2021, when he lost his seat. A native of Sabae, Fukui and graduate of Hosei University, he was elected to the first of his two terms in the assembly of Fukui Prefecture in 1983 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990. After losing his seat in 1996, he ran unsuccessfully for the governorship of Fukui Prefecture in 1999. He was re-elected to the House of Representatives in 2003.

Personal life

He married Sanae Takaichi, a fellow member of the House of Representatives, in 2004. They agreed to a divorce in July 2017, with Takaichi citing differing political views and aspirations as the reason for the divorce.^[2] However, they rekindle their marriage in December 2021, and he adopted Takaichi's surname.^[3] His eldest son serves as a prefectural assembly member in Fukui.

References

^ "山本拓氏が比例に転出自民が福井の選挙区で調整". 日本経済新聞 (in Japanese). 2014-11-19. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
^ "高市総務相「仮面夫婦」だった自民党の山本拓衆院議員と離婚〈週刊朝日〉". AERA dot. (アエラドット) (in Japanese). 2017-07-19. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
^ 「週刊文春」編集部. "高市早苗政調会長の再婚夫の山本拓・前衆院議員が「高市姓」に". 文春オンライン (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-08-17.

External links

Official website in Japanese.

House of Representatives (Japan)
Preceded by Toshio Kojima	Chair, Lower House Special Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues 2007–2008	Succeeded by Takuji Yanagimoto
Preceded by Yuji Yamamoto	Chair, Lower House Committee on Discipline 2012	Succeeded by Shoichi Kondo
Preceded by Okiharu Yasuoka	Chair, Lower House Special Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues 2012–2014	Succeeded by Katsuei Hirasawa
Preceded by Okiharu Yasuoka	Chair, Lower House Special Committee on Political Ethics and Election Law 2014–2016	Succeeded by Koichi Yamamoto
Political offices
Preceded by Mitsuhiro Miyakoshi, Issui Miura	Senior Vice Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 2006–2007 Served alongside: Masayuki Kunii	Succeeded by Masahiro Imamura, Hiromi Iwanaga