Taku Yamamoto
Taku Yamamoto (山本 拓, Yamamoto Taku, born 1952) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). 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.[1] His eldest son serves as a prefectural assembly member in Fukui.
References[]
- ^ "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.
External links[]
- Official website in Japanese.
- 1952 births
- Living people
- People from Sabae, Fukui
- Politicians from Fukui Prefecture
- Spouses of Japanese politicians
- Members of the House of Representatives (Japan)
- Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians
- Hosei University alumni
- 21st-century Japanese politicians
- Japanese politician, 1950s birth stubs