Nobutaka Machimura
| Nobutaka Machimura | |
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| 町村 信孝 | |
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Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan |
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In office 24 December 2014 – 21 April 2015 |
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| Monarch | Akihito |
| Preceded by | Bunmei Ibuki |
| Succeeded by | Tadamori Oshima |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | |
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In office 26 September 2007 – 24 September 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | Yasuo Fukuda |
| Preceded by | Kaoru Yosano |
| Succeeded by | Takeo Kawamura |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 27 August 2007 – 26 September 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Tarō Asō |
| Succeeded by | Masahiko Kōmura |
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In office 27 September 2004 – 21 September 2005 |
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| Prime Minister | Junichiro Koizumi |
| Preceded by | Yoriko Kawaguchi |
| Succeeded by | Tarō Asō |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
17 October 1944 Numazu, Japan |
| Died | 1 June 2015 (aged 70) Osaka, Japan |
| Alma mater |
University of Tokyo Wesleyan University |
Nobutaka Machimura (町村 信孝 Machimura Nobutaka?, 17 October 1944 – 1 June 2015) was a Japanese politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives of Japan and a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He was Chief Cabinet Secretary in the government of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda from 2007 to 2008 and twice Minister for Foreign Affairs, in the cabinets of Junichiro Koizumi and Shinzō Abe. He resigned as the Speaker of the House of Representatives on 21 April 2015 after suffering from a stroke.
Machimura was born on 17 October 1944. He attended the University of Tokyo and Wesleyan University in the United States.
Machimura was elected to his first term in the House of Representatives in the December 1983 election, and he was re-elected in each election since. He became Minister of Education, Science, Sports and Culture on 11 September 1997, as part of Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto's second cabinet, and became State Secretary for Foreign Affairs on 31 July 1998, in Keizō Obuchi's first cabinet. In March 2000, he became Special Advisor to the Prime Minister, serving under Obuchi and his successor, Yoshirō Mori. On 5 December 2000, he became Minister of Education, Science, Sports and Culture and Director-General of the Science and Technology Agency, before becoming Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology on 6 January 2001.
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