Sadakazu Tanigaki

Sadakazu Tanigaki
谷垣 禎一
Official portrait, 2009
Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party
In office
3 September 2014 – 3 August 2016
PresidentShinzo Abe
Preceded byShigeru Ishiba
Succeeded byToshihiro Nikai
Minister of Justice
In office
26 December 2012 – 3 September 2014
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Preceded byMakoto Taki
Succeeded byMidori Matsushima
Leader of the Opposition
In office
28 September 2009 – 26 September 2012
Prime MinisterYukio Hatoyama
Naoto Kan
Yoshihiko Noda
Preceded byYukio Hatoyama
Succeeded byShinzō Abe
President of the Liberal Democratic Party
In office
28 September 2009 – 26 September 2012
Vice PresidentTadamori Oshima
Secretary-General
Preceded byTarō Asō
Succeeded byShinzo Abe
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
In office
2 August 2008 – 24 September 2008
Prime MinisterYasuo Fukuda
Preceded byTetsuzo Fuyushiba
Succeeded byNariaki Nakayama
Minister of Finance
In office
22 September 2003 – 26 September 2006
Prime MinisterJunichiro Koizumi
Preceded byMasajuro Shiokawa
Succeeded byKōji Omi
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
8 August 1983 – 28 September 2017
ConstituencyKyoto 2nd
(1983-1996)
Kyoto 5th
(1996-2017)
Personal details
Born (1945-03-07) 7 March 1945 (age 79)
Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, Japanese Empire
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo
WebsiteOfficial website

Sadakazu Tanigaki (谷垣 禎一, Tanigaki Sadakazu, born 7 March 1945) is a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1983 to 2016, as Minister of Finance from 2003 to 2006, as President of the Liberal Democratic Party and Leader of the Opposition from 2009 to 2012, as Minister of Justice from 2012 to 2014, and as LDP Secretary-General from 2014 to 2016. He was only the second LDP leader who was not simultaneously Prime Minister of Japan. He retired from politics following a spinal cord injury in 2016 that saw him using a wheelchair.