Takeaki Matsumoto | |
|---|---|
松本 剛明 | |
.jpg) Official portrait, 2012 | |
| Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications | |
| In office 14 December 2023 – 1 October 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Fumio Kishida |
| Preceded by | Junji Suzuki |
| Succeeded by | Seiichiro Murakami |
| In office 21 November 2022 – 13 September 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Fumio Kishida |
| Preceded by | Minoru Terada |
| Succeeded by | Junji Suzuki |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 9 March 2011 – 2 September 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Naoto Kan |
| Preceded by | Yukio Edano (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Kōichirō Gemba |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 26 June 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Tōru Toida |
| Constituency | Hyōgo 11th (2000–2005; 2009–present) Kinki PR (2005–2009) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 April 1959 Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | LDP (2017–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Independent (before 1998; 2015–2017) DPJ (1998–2015) |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
Takeaki Matsumoto (松本 剛明, Matsumoto Takeaki, born April 25, 1959) is a Japanese politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs in 2011. A native of Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 after running unsuccessfully as an independent in 1996.
Matsumoto is a great-great-grandson of Itō Hirobumi, the first Prime Minister of Japan. Matsumoto's father, Juro Matsumoto, was a senior member of the Liberal Democratic Party and was the Minister of Defense from August 1989 to February 1990.[1] Matsumoto was selected as Foreign Minister of Japan in 2011 by Prime Minister Naoto Kan, after the resignation of his predecessor, Seiji Maehara, only two days before the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and subsequent Fukushima I nuclear disaster.
In 2015 Matsumoto left the DPJ citing the party's opposition to the 2015 Japanese military legislation and cooperation with the JCP. Before the 2017 elections he joined the Liberal Democratic Party.
In November 2022, Matsumoto was appointed by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to be Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, replacing Minoru Terada who had resigned the previous day.[2]
- ^ "Matsumoto to be Japan's new foreign minister". Kyodo News. 2011-03-09. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-03-09.
- ^ "PM Kishida taps Takeaki Matsumoto as new internal affairs minister". Kyodo News. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.