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Revision as of 04:08, 15 December 2014
Takuya Tasso | |
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| 達増 拓也 | |
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| Governor of Iwate Prefecture | |
| Assumed office 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 June 1964 Morioka, Iwate, Japan |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
Takuya Tasso (達増 拓也, Tasso Takuya, born 10 June 1964) is the governor of Iwate Prefecture. He is a native of Morioka, Iwate and graduate of the University of Tokyo.
Biography
Tasso joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1988, receiving a master's degree in international relations from Johns Hopkins University in the United States while with the ministry. In 1996, he was elected to the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) for the first time as a member of the New Frontier Party and subsequently served as a diet member for the Democratic Party of Japan. He was first elected governor of Iwate prefecture in 2007 and as of 2012 is in his second four-year term.[1]
On July 9, 2012 he announced that he would sever his ties with the DPJ and join Putting People's Lives First, the new party led by Ichiro Ozawa.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b "Iwate gov. to part with DPJ, join Ozawa party". The Daily Yomiuri. July 10, 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Iwate governor to part with DPJ and join Ozawa's planned party". The Japan Times. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
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- 政治家情報 〜達増 拓也〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved November 22, 2007.
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