Kenji Kosaka
小坂 憲次
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
In office
31 October 2005 – 26 September 2006
Prime MinisterJunichiro Koizumi
Preceded byNariaki Nakayama
Succeeded byBunmei Ibuki
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
26 July 2010 – 25 July 2016
ConstituencyNational PR block
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
19 February 1990 – 21 July 2009
Succeeded byTakashi Shinohara
ConstituencyNagano 1st district
(1990–1996)
Nagano 1st district
(1996-2009)
Personal details
Born(1946-03-12)12 March 1946
Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Died21 October 2016(2016-10-21) (aged 70)
Political partyLiberal Democratic
(1990–1993, 1998–2016)
Other political
affiliations		Shinseito
(1993–1994)
New Frontier
(1994–1996)
Sun Party
(1996–1998)
Good Governance Party
(1998)
ParentZentarō Kosaka (Father)
Alma materKeio University
Third Realigned Koizumi Cabinet
(2005-10-31)
SecretaryShinzō Abe
Internal AffairsHeizō Takenaka
JusticeSeiken Sugiura
Foreign AffairsTaro Aso
FinanceSadakazu Tanigaki
EducationKenji Kosaka
HealthJirō Kawasaki
AgricultureShoichi Nakagawa
EconomyToshihiro Nikai
LandKazuo Kitagawa
EnvironmentYuriko Koike
DefenseFukushiro Nukaga
Ministers of State

Kenji Kosaka (小坂 憲次, Kosaka Kenji, 12 March 1946 – 21 October 2016) was a Japanese politician.[1]

Biography

Kosaka was born in the city of Nagano in Nagano Prefecture, on 12 March 1946.[2][3] His father is Zentaro Kosaka, also a politician.[4] Kenji Kosaka received a law degree from Keio University in 1968.[3]

He worked in London for Japan Airlines between 1968 and 1984.[3] Returning to Japan, he became secretary to Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone in 1986. He was appointed minister of education on 31 October 2005.[3] In 2005, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the sixth time, representing Nagano Prefecture.[3]

Kenji Kosaka is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi.[5] He died on 21 October 2016 of cancer.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Japan's PM Abe berated in appeal to quit". Forbes. 7 August 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2010.[dead link]
  2. ^ "LDP Members". Liberal Democratic Party of Japan. Archived from the original on 22 November 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Minister of Education". Kantei. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Few surprises in new Cabinet, announced by Junichiro Koizumi". Pravda. 1 November 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Major conservative nationalist organizations in Japan Archived 2014-09-02 at the Wayback Machine" (Asia Policy Point - 2007)
  6. ^ "小坂憲次氏死去、７０歳＝文科相、議運委員長歴任：時事ドットコム". www.jiji.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Obituary / Kenji Kosaka / Former education minister". Archived from the original on 2016-10-22. Retrieved 2016-10-22.

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