Takeaki Matsumoto
松本 剛明
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
Assumed office
14 December 2023
Prime MinisterFumio Kishida
Preceded byJunji Suzuki
In office
21 November 2022 – 13 September 2023
Prime MinisterFumio Kishida
Preceded byMinoru Terada
Succeeded byJunji Suzuki
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
9 March 2011 – 2 September 2011
Prime MinisterNaoto Kan
Preceded byYukio Edano (Acting)
Succeeded byKōichirō Gemba
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
26 June 2000
ConstituencyKinki PR block
(2005-2009)
Hyōgo 11th
(2000-2005, 2009-present)
Personal details
Born (1959-04-25) 25 April 1959 (age 65)
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party (2017–present)
Other political
affiliations		Independent (before 1998, 2015–2017)
Democratic Party of Japan (1998–2015)
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo

Takeaki Matsumoto (松本 剛明, Matsumoto Takeaki, born April 25, 1959) is a Japanese politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs in 2011. A native of Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 after running unsuccessfully as an independent in 1996.

Matsumoto is a great-great-grandson of Itō Hirobumi, the first Prime Minister of Japan. Matsumoto's father, Juro Matsumoto, was a senior member of the Liberal Democratic Party and was the Minister of Defense from August 1989 to February 1990.[1] Matsumoto was selected as Foreign Minister of Japan in 2011 by Prime Minister Naoto Kan, after the resignation of his predecessor, Seiji Maehara, only two days before the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and subsequent Fukushima I nuclear disaster.

In 2015 Matsumoto left the DPJ citing the party's opposition to the 2015 Japanese military legislation and cooperation with the JCP. Before the 2017 elections he joined the Liberal Democratic Party.

In November 2022, Matsumoto was appointed by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to be Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, replacing Minoru Terada who had resigned the previous day.[2]

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ "Matsumoto to be Japan's new foreign minister". Kyodo News. 2011-03-09. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-03-09.
  2. ^ "PM Kishida taps Takeaki Matsumoto as new internal affairs minister". Kyodo News. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.

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House of Representatives (Japan) Preceded byTōru Toida Member of the House of Representatives forHyōgo 11th district 2000–2005 Succeeded byTōru Toida New constituency Member of the House of Representatives forKinki 2005–2009 Constituency abolished Preceded byTōru Toida Member of the House of Representatives forHyōgo 11th district 2009–present Incumbent Party political offices Preceded byYoshito Sengoku Chair of Policy Research of the Democratic Party 2005–2007 Succeeded byMasayuki Naoshima Political offices Preceded byKōichi TakemasaOsamu Fujimura Senior Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs 2010–2011 Served alongside: Yutaka Banno Succeeded byYutaka BannoChiaki Takahashi Preceded byYukio EdanoActing Minister of Foreign Affairs 2011 Succeeded byKōichirō Gemba Preceded byMinoru TeradaJunji Suzuki Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications 2022–20232023–present Succeeded byJunji SuzukiIncumbent
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