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Tetsuzo Fuyushiba
Tetsuzo Fuyushiba
冬柴鐵三
	Official portrait, 2006
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
	In office; 27 September 2004 – 26 September 2006
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe; Yasuo Fukuda
Preceded by	Kazuo Kitagawa
Succeeded by	Sadakazu Tanigaki
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 8 July 1986 – 21 July 2009
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Yasuo Tanaka
Constituency	Hyōgo 2nd (1986–1996); Hyōgo 8th (1996–2009)
Personal details
Born	29 June 1936; Shenyang, Manchukuo
Died	5 December 2011 (aged 75); Amagasaki, Hyōgo, Japan
Political party	Komeito
Other political; affiliations	New Frontier
Alma mater	Kansai University

Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (冬柴鉄三, Fuyushiba Tetsuzō, June 29, 1936 – December 5, 2011) was a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). He served as Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport as well as Minister of State for Tourism Promotion in Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's Cabinet.^[1]

Fuyushiba was born in Shenyang (which was then known as Hōten) in the Japanese-occupied territory of Manchukuo, in what is now northeastern China. He graduated from Kansai University in 1960 before working as a lawyer.^[1] He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1986.^[2]

Fuyushiba died on 5 December 2011, aged 75, of acute pneumonia at a hospital in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 公明元幹事長、冬柴鉄三氏死去…自公政権で活躍. Yomiuri Online (in Japanese). The Yomiuri Shimbun. 2011-12-06. Retrieved 2011-12-06.
^ 政治家情報〜冬柴鉄三〜. ザ･選挙] (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-09-05. Retrieved 2007-10-13.

External links

New Komeito profile
Tetsuzo Fuyushiba official site (in Japanese)

Political offices
Preceded by Kazuo Kitagawa	Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of Japan 2006–2008	Succeeded by Sadakazu Tanigaki
Party political offices
Preceded by	General Secretary of Kōmeitō –2006	Succeeded by Kazuo Kitagawa