Hirotaka Akamatsu

Hirotaka Akamatsu
赤松 広隆
Official portrait, 2009
Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan
In office
1 November 2017 – 14 October 2021
SpeakerTadamori Oshima
Preceded byTatsuo Kawabata
Succeeded byBanri Kaieda
In office
26 December 2012 – 21 November 2014
SpeakerBunmei Ibuki
Preceded bySeishirō Etō
Succeeded byTatsuo Kawabata
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
In office
16 September 2009 – 8 June 2010
Prime MinisterYukio Hatoyama
Preceded byShigeru Ishiba
Succeeded byMasahiko Yamada
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
18 February 1990 – 14 October 2021
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byKenji Kanda
ConstituencyAichi 6th (1990–1996)
Aichi 5th (1996–2005, 2009–2012, 2014–2021)
Tōkai PR (2005–2009, 2012–2014)
Member of the Aichi Prefectural Assembly
In office
30 April 1979 – 26 January 1990
ConstituencyNagoya City Nakamura Ward
Personal details
Born (1948-05-03) 3 May 1948 (age 76)
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Political partyCDP (2017–present)
Other political
affiliations
JSP (1966–1996)
SDP (1996)
DP 1996 (1996–1998)
DPJ (1998–2016)
DP 2016 (2016–2017)
Alma materWaseda University
Websitego-akamatsu.com

Hirotaka Akamatsu (赤松 広隆, Akamatsu Hirotaka, born May 3, 1948) is a Japanese politician from the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, a former minister and Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan.