Shōichi Nakagawa
| Shōichi Nakagawa | |
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| 中川 昭一 | |
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| Minister of Finance of Japan | |
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In office 24 September 2008 – 17 February 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Bunmei Ibuki |
| Succeeded by | Kaoru Yosano |
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| Born |
19 July 1953 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | 4 October 2009 (aged 56) Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
Shōichi Nakagawa (中川 昭一 Nakagawa Shōichi?, 19 July 1953 – 4 October 2009) was a Japanese conservative politician in the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), who served as Minister of Finance from 24 September 2008 to 17 February 2009. He previously held the posts of Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi. He was regarded as one of Japan's most attractive public figures. On 4 October 2009, he was found dead in his Tokyo apartment. The cause of his death is yet to be determined; although no suicide note was found, there was also no indication of foul play.
Nakagawa was born in Tokyo on 19 July 1953 and attended Azabu High School, graduated from the law faculty of the University of Tokyo and entered the Industrial Bank of Japan in 1978. His father, Ichiro Nakagawa, was a prominent Hokkaidō politician who committed suicide in 1983. The younger Nakagawa was elected to the Japanese House of Representatives in the same year.
In 1998, Nakagawa became Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries under Prime Minister Keizō Obuchi, and in 2003, he became Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry in the cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. He served as Agriculture Minister from October 2005 to September 2006, when incoming prime minister Shinzō Abe appointed Nakagawa as chairman of the Policy Research Council of the LDP.
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