Taku Yamasaki

Taku Yamasaki
山﨑 拓
Yamasaki in 2005
Minister of Construction
In office
5 November 1991 – 12 December 1992
Prime MinisterKiichi Miyazawa
Preceded byYūji Ōtsuka
Succeeded byKishirō Nakamura
Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
In office
3 June 1989 – 10 August 1989
Prime MinisterSōsuke Uno
Preceded byKichirō Tazawa
Succeeded byJūrō Matsumoto
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
In office
1 November 1984 – 28 December 1985
Prime MinisterYasuhiro Nakasone
Preceded byToyohiko Mizuhira
Succeeded byShunjirō Karasawa
Personal details
Born (1936-12-11) December 11, 1936 (age 87)
Dalian, Kwantung Leased Territory, China
Alma materWaseda University

Taku Yamasaki (山崎 拓, Yamasaki Taku, born December 11, 1936) is a Japanese politician[1] who served in the House of Representatives from 1972 to 2003 and from 2005 to 2009. He directed the Director General of the Japan Defense Agency for two months in 1989, and served as Minister of Construction from 1991 to 1992. He was a prominent faction leader in the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) during the late 1990s and early 2000s, and served as its Secretary-General and Vice President under Prime Minister Jun'ichirō Koizumi.

  1. ^ Eur (2002). Far East and Australasia 2003. Psychology Press. pp. 590–. ISBN 978-1-85743-133-9. Retrieved 21 June 2011.