Tetsuzo Fuyushiba

Tetsuzo Fuyushiba
冬柴鐵三
Official portrait, 2006
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
In office
27 September 2004 – 26 September 2006
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Yasuo Fukuda
Preceded byKazuo Kitagawa
Succeeded bySadakazu Tanigaki
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
8 July 1986 – 21 July 2009
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byYasuo Tanaka
ConstituencyHyōgo 2nd (1986–1996)
Hyōgo 8th (1996–2009)
Personal details
Born(1936-06-29)29 June 1936
Shenyang, Manchukuo
Died5 December 2011(2011-12-05) (aged 75)
Amagasaki, Hyōgo, Japan
Political partyKomeito
Alma materKansai University

Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (冬柴 鉄三, Fuyushiba Tetsuzō, June 29, 1936 – December 5, 2011) was a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). He served as Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport as well as Minister of State for Tourism Promotion in Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's Cabinet.[1]

Fuyushiba was born in Shenyang (which was then known as Hōten) in the Japanese-occupied territory of Manchukuo, in what is now northeastern China. He graduated from Kansai University in 1960 before working as a lawyer.[1] He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1986.[2]

Fuyushiba died on 5 December 2011, aged 75, of acute pneumonia at a hospital in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture.[1]

  1. ^ a b c 公明元幹事長、冬柴鉄三氏死去…自公政権で活躍. Yomiuri Online (in Japanese). The Yomiuri Shimbun. 2011-12-06. Retrieved 2011-12-06.
  2. ^ 政治家情報 〜冬柴 鉄三〜. ザ・選挙] (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-09-05. Retrieved 2007-10-13.