Osamu Fujimura

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Osamu Fujimura
藤村 修
Osamu Fujimura.jpg
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura meeting with Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva
Chief Cabinet Secretary
In office
2 September 2011 – 26 December 2012
Prime MinisterYoshihiko Noda
Preceded byYukio Edano
Succeeded byYoshihide Suga
Personal details
Born (1949-11-03) 3 November 1949 (age 71)
Osaka, Japan
Political partyDemocratic Party
Other political
affiliations		New Party
Alma materHiroshima University

Osamu Fujimura (藤村 修, Fujimura Osamu, born 3 November 1949) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan and a former member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

Early life and education[]

A native of Osaka, Osaka, Fujimura was born on 3 November 1949.[1] He studied engineering at Hiroshima University.[1]

Career[]

he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 as a member of the Japan New Party. He lost in 2005 election but was reelected in 2009. In September 2011, he was appointed as Chief Cabinet Secretary in the cabinet of then prime minister Yoshihiko Noda.[1] He was also the Minister for the Abduction Issue.

He lost his seat in the 16 December 2012 general election.[2] He left office on 26 December 2012.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Noda Cabinet". The Japan times. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  2. ^ Japan Times Nothing left for the election-gutted DPJ to do but rebuild 18 December 2012

External links[]

House of Representatives of Japan
Preceded by
Naomi Tokashiki 		Representative for Osaka 7th district (single-member)
2009–2012 		Succeeded by
Naomi Tokashiki
Preceded by
N/A 		Representative for the
2005–2009 		Succeeded by
N/A
New district Representative for Osaka 7th district (single-member)
1996–2005 		Succeeded by
Naomi Tokashiki
Preceded by

Ken Harada


Kansei Nakano 		Representative for
1993–1996
Served alongside: Mikio Ōmi, Kansei Nakano, Issei Inoue, Ken Harada 		District eliminated
Preceded by
Norihisa Tamura 		Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare
2009–2010 		Succeeded by
Yoshio Hachiro
Political offices
Preceded by
Yukio Edano 		Chief Cabinet Secretary
2011–2012 		Succeeded by
Yoshihide Suga
Preceded by
Ritsuo Hosokawa, Hiroyuki Nagahama 		Senior Vice Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
2010–2011
Served alongside: Yōko Komiyama 		Succeeded by
Yōko Komiyama, Kōhei Ōtsuka
Preceded by
Kōichi Takemasa, Tetsurō Fukuyama 		Senior Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
2010
Served alongside: Kōichi Takemasa 		Succeeded by
Yutaka Banno, Takeaki Matsumoto


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