Sadakazu Tanigaki (谷垣 禎一, Tanigaki Sadakazu, born March 7, 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 is serving 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 Pa...
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Sadakazu Tanigaki (谷垣 禎一, Tanigaki Sadakazu, born March 7, 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 is serving 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 September 28, 2009, following the party's massive defeat in the 2009 general election. He is only the second LDP leader who is not simultaneously Prime Minister of Japan.
Tanigaki was born in Fukuchiyama and 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 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...
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