Hirofumi Nakasone

Hirofumi Nakasone
中曽根 弘文
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
24 September 2008 – 16 September 2009
Prime MinisterTarō Asō
Preceded byMasahiko Kōmura
Succeeded byKatsuya Okada
Minister of Education
Director of the Science and Technology Agency
In office
5 October 1999 – July 2000
Prime MinisterKeizō Obuchi
Yoshirō Mori
Preceded byAkito Arima
Succeeded byTadamori Ōshima
Member of the House of Councillors
Assumed office
6 July 1986
ConstituencyGunma at-large district
Personal details
Born (1945-11-28) 28 November 1945 (age 78)
Takasaki, Gunma, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party
ChildrenYasutaka Nakasone
Alma materKeio University

Hirofumi Nakasone (中曽根 弘文, Nakasone Hirofumi, born 28 November 1945) is a Japanese politician from Takasaki, Gunma, who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from September 2008 to September 2009. He was Minister of Education under Prime Minister Yoshirō Mori. He is former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone's son.

Nakasone was appointed as head of the Science and Technology Agency by Prime Minister Keizō Obuchi in early October 1999.[1] In the Cabinet of Prime Minister Tarō Asō, appointed on 24 September 2008, Nakasone was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs.[2]

  1. ^ "Japan's PM overhauls cabinet". Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Aso elected premier / Announces Cabinet lineup himself; poll likely on Nov. 2" Archived 28 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine, The Yomiuri Shimbun, 25 September 2008.