Tadatoshi Akiba
| Tadatoshi Akiba | |
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| 秋葉 忠利 | |
Akiba during his speech at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on August 6, 2005
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| Mayor of Hiroshima | |
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In office 23 February 1999 – 7 April 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Takashi Hiraoka |
| Succeeded by | Kazumi Matsui |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 3, 1942 Tokyo, Japan |
| Alma mater |
University of Tokyo Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Tadatoshi Akiba (秋葉 忠利 Akiba Tadatoshi?, born November 3, 1942 in Arakawa, Tokyo) is a Japanese mathematician and politician and served as the mayor of the city of Hiroshima, Japan from 1999 to 2011.
He studied mathematics at the University of Tokyo, receiving a B.S. in 1966 and an M.S. in 1968. He continued his studies under John Milnor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, earning his PhD in mathematics in 1970. He took teaching jobs at a series of universities: State University of New York at Stony Brook (1970), Tufts University (1972–1986), and Hiroshima Shudo University (1986–1997). His research was on topology, with an interest in homotopy groups.
As a member of the Social Democratic Party, he was elected to the House of Representatives, and served from 1990 to 1999. He assumed office as mayor of Hiroshima in February, 1999, and was reelected to this position in 2003 and in April 2007.
As mayor, he has been a visible peace activist. He is active in the Mayors for Peace organization, serving as the president of their World Conference. The 2020 Vision Campaign launched in 2003, which aims to eliminate nuclear weapons, has earned Mayors for Peace the "World Citizenship Award" from the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation in 2004, the "Sean McBride" Award from the International Peace Bureau in 2006, and the Nuclear-Free Future Award from the Franz-Moll Foundation in 2007. He has also been an advocate of the abolition of nuclear weapons, and a vocal critic of George W. Bush. Since May 2007 he is also Councillor at the World Future Council.
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