Masami Tanabu

Masami Tanabu
田名部 匡省
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
In office
5 November 1991 – 4 August 1993
Prime MinisterKiichi Miyazawa
Preceded byMotoji Kondo
Succeeded byKiichi Miyazawa
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
26 July 1998 – 25 July 2010
Preceded byKanpei Matsuo
Succeeded byTsutomu Yamazaki
ConstituencyAomori at-large
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
8 October 1979 – 27 September 1996
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyAomori 1st
Member of the Aomori Prefectural Assembly
In office
23 April 1967 – 22 April 1975
ConstituencyHachinohe City
Personal details
Born (1934-12-07) 7 December 1934 (age 89)
Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan
ChildrenMasayo Tanabu
Alma materRikkyo University

Masami Tanabu (田名部 匡省, Tanabu Masami, born December 7, 1934 in Hachinohe, Aomori) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Hachinohe, Aomori and graduate of Rikkyo University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2004 after serving in the Aomori Prefectural Assembly for two terms and then in the House of Representatives for six terms.

He was former head coach of Japan national ice hockey team. He also competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and the 1964 Winter Olympics.[1]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Masami Tanabu Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2019.