Fukushiro Nukaga
Fukushiro Nukaga | |
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額賀 福志郎 | |
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| Minister of Finance of Japan | |
| In office 27 August 2007 – 2 August 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Yasuo Fukuda |
| Preceded by | Koji Omi |
| Succeeded by | Bunmei Ibuki |
| Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency | |
| In office 31 October 2005 – 26 September 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Junichiro Koizumi |
| Preceded by | Yoshinori Ohno |
| Succeeded by | Fumio Kyūma |
| Ministry of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy | |
| In office 6 January 2001 – 23 January 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Yoshirō Mori |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Tarō Asō |
| Head of the Economic Planning Agency | |
| In office 5 December 2000 – 6 January 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Yoshirō Mori |
| Preceded by | |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary | |
| In office 5 October 1999 – 4 July 2000 | |
| Prime Minister | Keizō Obuchi Yoshirō Mori |
| Preceded by | Muneo Suzuki |
| Succeeded by | Shinzō Abe |
| Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency | |
| In office 30 July 1998 – 20 November 1998 | |
| Prime Minister | Keizō Obuchi |
| Preceded by | Fumio Kyūma |
| Succeeded by | Hosei Norota |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary | |
| In office 11 September 1997 – 30 July 1998 | |
| Prime Minister | Ryutaro Hashimoto |
| Preceded by | Yosano Kaoru |
| Succeeded by | Muneo Suzuki |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 January 1944 Namegata District, Ibaraki, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | Waseda University |
Fukushiro Nukaga (額賀 福志郎, Nukaga Fukushirō, born 11 January 1944) is a Japanese politician and a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1983 and represents Ibaraki's 2nd district.[1] He was Minister of Finance from 2007[2] to 2008.
Career[]
Nukaga was born in Asō, Ibaraki, now part of Namegata, Ibaraki. He graduated from Waseda University's Faculty of Political Science and Economics.[1] He was named Minister of State and Director General of the Japan Defense Agency on 30 July 1998, under Prime Minister Keizō Obuchi,[3] serving in that position until November 1998, when he resigned due to a scandal.[4] He was named Minister of State in charge of economic and fiscal policy, as well as IT policy, on 5 December 2000, as part of Prime Minister Yoshirō Mori's second cabinet,[5] but he resigned on 23 January 2001, following criticism regarding 15 million yen he had received from the mutual aid foundation KSD. He said that his secretary had received the money and that it had been returned, but apologized and said that he took "final responsibility as a supervisor".
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said that the government believed Nukaga's explanation.[4] Nukaga returned to the position of Minister of State and Director General of the Japan Defense Agency on 31 October 2005, under Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi,[6][7] and remained in that position until September 2006.
He was appointed Minister of Finance by Prime Minister Shinzō Abe in a cabinet reshuffle on 27 August 2007.[2] Following Abe's resignation on 12 September, Nukaga initially said that he would run for the position of LDP president (and thus Prime Minister) on 13 September, but, on 14 September, after meeting with Yasuo Fukuda, Nukaga announced that he would back Fukuda for the leadership.[8] Following Fukuda's victory in the leadership election, Nukuga remained as Finance Minister in Fukuda's Cabinet, sworn in on 26 September 2007.[9] He was replaced in that post by Bunmei Ibuki on 1 August 2008. Nukaga is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi, that advocates a revision of the Constitution to restore the monarchy and militarism.[10]
On 8 February 2018, Nukaga announced his intent to resign from his position as head of Heisei Kenkyūkai, the third largest faction in the LDP.[11] Faction members had been unhappy with his performance as leader, namely his loyalty to Prime Minister Abe, and a rebellion had been brewing in the form of an exit of several Upper House members.[11] He is to be replaced by Wataru Takeshita, half-brother of former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita - the latter of whom founded the faction in the first place.[11]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b CV at government website.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Abe Replaces Finance Minister; Aso to Rebuild LDP", Bloomberg.com, 27 August 2007.
- ^ "OBUCHI NAMES CABINET: Government to Focus on Economic Issues", web-japan.org, 31 July 1998.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "2ND LD: Nukaga resigns over KSD scandal, Aso takes over", Kyodo News International (Japan Policy & Politics), 29 January 2001.
- ^ "Mori Launches Second Cabinet: Two Ex-Prime Ministers Named to New Team", web-japan.org, 11 December 2000.
- ^ Norimitsu Onishi, "Conservatives lead Japan's cabinet", International Herald Tribune, 31 October 2005.
- ^ List of members of the cabinet of 31 October 2005, kantei.go.jp.
- ^ "Japan's finance chief not to run for ruling party president", iht.com, 14 September 2007.
- ^ "Fukuda Cabinet launched/Changes minimized to reduce impact on Diet business", The Yomiuri Shimbun, 26 September 2007.
- ^ Nippon Kaigi website
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Head of ruling-LDP party faction to resign: sources". The Japan Times. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
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- Waseda University alumni
- Government ministers of Japan
- Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians
- Members of the House of Representatives (Japan)
- Ministers of Finance of Japan
- Members of Nippon Kaigi
- Japanese defense ministers
- Politicians from Ibaraki Prefecture
- 21st-century Japanese politicians