Masahiko Yamada

Masahiko Yamada
山田 正彦
Official portrait, 2009
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
In office 8 June 2010 – 17 September 2010
Prime Minister	Naoto Kan
Preceded by	Hirotaka Akamatsu
Succeeded by	Michihiko Kano
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 25 June 2000 – 16 November 2012
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Yaichi Tanigawa
Constituency	Kyushu PR (2000–2009) Nagasaki 3rd (2009–2012)
In office 19 July 1993 – 27 September 1996
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Constiturncy abolished
Constituency	Nagasaki 2nd
Personal details
Born	(1942-04-08) 8 April 1942 (age 82) Fukue, Nagasaki, Japan
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	LDP (1979–1990) JRP (1993–1994) NFP (1994–1997) Liberal (1998–2003) DPJ (2003–2012) TPJ (2012) Green Wind (2013)
Alma mater	Waseda University

Masahiko Yamada (山田 正彦, Yamada Masahiko, born April 8, 1942) is a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) between 1993 and 1996, and between 2003 and 2012. A native of Fukue, Nagasaki, a Roman Catholic, and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 after unsuccessful runs in 1979, 1986 and 1990. Before running for office, he worked as a rancher and a lawyer.

Yamada in 2015

References

• 政治家情報 〜山田 正彦〜. senkyo.janjan.jp (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-16.

External links

• Official website in Japanese.

Political offices
Preceded by Hirotaka Akamatsu	Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 2010	Succeeded by Michihiko Kano
Preceded by Motohiko Kondō Noritoshi Ishida	Senior Vice Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 2009–2010 Served alongside: Akira Gunji	Succeeded by Akira Gunji Takashi Shinohara
House of Representatives (Japan)
Preceded by Yaichi Tanigawa	Representative for Nagasaki 3rd district 2009–2012	Succeeded by Yaichi Tanigawa
Preceded by –	Representative for the Kyūshū PR block 2000–2009	Succeeded by –
Preceded by Isao Hayami Genjirō Kaneko Akira Mitsutake Kazuo Torashima	Representative for Nagasaki 2nd district (multi-member) 1993–1996 Served alongside: Genjirō Kaneko, Kazuo Torashima, Izumi Yamazaki	District eliminated