Sadakazu Tanigaki | |
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谷垣 禎一 | |
 Official portrait, 2009 | |
| Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party | |
| In office 3 September 2014 – 3 August 2016 | |
| President | Shinzo Abe |
| Preceded by | Shigeru Ishiba |
| Succeeded by | Toshihiro Nikai |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 26 December 2012 – 3 September 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzo Abe |
| Preceded by | Makoto Taki |
| Succeeded by | Midori Matsushima |
| President of the Liberal Democratic Party | |
| In office 28 September 2009 – 26 September 2012 | |
| Vice President | Tadamori Oshima |
| Secretary-General | |
| Preceded by | Tarō Asō |
| Succeeded by | Shinzo Abe |
| Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | |
| In office 2 August 2008 – 24 September 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Yasuo Fukuda |
| Preceded by | Tetsuzo Fuyushiba |
| Succeeded by | Nariaki Nakayama |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 22 September 2003 – 26 September 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Junichiro Koizumi |
| Preceded by | Masajuro Shiokawa |
| Succeeded by | Kōji Omi |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 8 August 1983 – 28 September 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | Tarō Honda |
| Constituency | Kyoto 2nd (1983–1996) Kyoto 5th (1996–2017) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 March 1945 Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
| Website | Official 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 2017, 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.