Heizō Takenaka
| Heizō Takenaka | |
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| 竹中 平蔵 | |
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| Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications | |
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In office 2005–2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Junichiro Koizumi |
| Preceded by | Tarō Asō |
| Succeeded by | Yoshihide Suga |
| Minister of State for Financial Services | |
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In office 2002–2005 |
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| Prime Minister | Junichiro Koizumi |
| Preceded by | Hakuo Yanagisawa |
| Succeeded by | Tatsuya Ito |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 3, 1951 Wakayama, Japan |
| Alma mater | Hitotsubashi University |
Heizō Takenaka (竹中 平蔵 Takenaka Heizō?, born 3 March 1951) is a Japanese economist and retired politician, last serving as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications and Minister of State for Privatization of the Postal Services in the cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. As of July 2007, he is a professor at Keio University and an advisor for other academic institutions and companies.
Takenaka was the second son of a shoe seller in Wakayama City. He attended Hitotsubashi University to study under Ichiro Nakayama and graduated with a BA in Economics in 1973. While at Hitotsubashi, he played the mandolin, and met his wife (a student at Tsuda College) through his mandolin club.
In 1973, Takenaka entered the Development Bank of Japan. He was transferred into its Institute for Capital Investment Studies in 1977.
In 1981, he left the DBJ to study for a year at Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania, where he researched capital investment in the United States. The product of his research, the 1984 book Development Studies and Capital Expenditure Economics, won the Suntory Liberal Arts Prize.
Takenaka then worked in the Ministry of Finance as a money supply researcher. He initially planned to stay for two years, but ended up working there for five years, from 1982 to 1987.
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