Sadakazu Tanigaki
| Sadakazu Tanigaki | |
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| 谷垣 禎一 | |
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| Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party | |
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In office 3 September 2014 – 3 August 2016 |
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| Leader | Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Shigeru Ishiba |
| Succeeded by | Toshihiro Nikai |
| Minister of Justice | |
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In office 26 December 2012 – 3 September 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Makoto Taki |
| Succeeded by | Midori Matsushima |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 28 September 2009 – 26 September 2012 |
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| Prime Minister |
Yukio Hatoyama Naoto Kan Yoshihiko Noda |
| Preceded by | Yukio Hatoyama |
| Succeeded by | Shinzō Abe |
| President of the Liberal Democratic Party | |
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In office 28 September 2009 – 26 September 2012 |
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| Deputy | Tadamori Oshima |
| Preceded by | Taro Aso |
| Succeeded by | Shinzo Abe |
| Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | |
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In office 2 August 2008 – 24 September 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | Yasuo Fukuda |
| Preceded by | Tetsuzo Fuyushiba |
| Succeeded by | Nariaki Nakayama |
| Minister of Finance | |
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In office 22 September 2003 – 26 September 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Junichiro Koizumi |
| Preceded by | Masajuro Shiokawa |
| Succeeded by | Koji Omi |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
7 March 1945 Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
| Website | Official website |
Sadakazu Tanigaki (谷垣 禎一 Tanigaki Sadakazu?, born 7 March 1945) is a conservative Japanese politician who served as Minister of Finance from 2003 to 2006 in the cabinet of Jun'ichirō Koizumi. He also served as Minister of Construction and Transport in the cabinet of Yasuo Fukuda and served his ninth term as a member of the House of Representatives, representing Kyoto's Fifth District. He was elected as President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on 28 September 2009, following the party's massive defeat in the 2009 general election. He was replaced by Shinzō Abe on 26 September 2012. He was only the second LDP leader who was not simultaneously Prime Minister of Japan.
Tanigaki was born in Fukuchiyama on 7 March 1945. He attended Azabu High School. He graduated from the faculty of law at the University of Tokyo in 1974, and worked as a secretary for his father, who was the then minister of education. He went on to pass the Japanese bar examination in 1979, specializing in tax law, and he registered as an attorney in 1982 after completing his legal training.
Tanigaki was prepared for a legal career after close to ten years of study, but his father, who represented the 2nd district in Kyoto, died in 1983. He moved to Kyoto to run for his father's seat. He briefly headed the Science and Technology Agency in 1997. Under the then prime minister Koizumi, he served in a number of positions, including the Financial Reconstruction Commission, the National Public Safety Commission, and ultimately as Minister of Finance from 22 September 2003 to 26 September 2006. Since 2002, Tanigaki has led a minor faction in the Liberal Democratic Party, formerly part of the Kochikai faction, with 11 members in the lower house and 4 in the upper house.
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