Keizo Takemi

Last updated April 14, 2019

Keizo Takemi(武見敬三,Takemi Keizō, born 15 November 1951 in Tokyo) is a Japanese politician. He is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and was a member of the House of Councillors of Japan.

Tokyo, officially Tokyo Metropolis, one of the 47 prefectures of Japan, has served as the Japanese capital since 1869. As of 2018, the Greater Tokyo Area ranked as the most populous metropolitan area in the world. The urban area houses the seat of the Emperor of Japan, of the Japanese government and of the National Diet. Tokyo forms part of the Kantō region on the southeastern side of Japan's main island, Honshu, and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands. Tokyo was formerly named Edo when Shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu made the city his headquarters in 1603. It became the capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from Kyoto in 1868; at that time Edo was renamed Tokyo. Tokyo Metropolis formed in 1943 from the merger of the former Tokyo Prefecture and the city of Tokyo. Tokyo is often referred to as a city but is officially known and governed as a "metropolitan prefecture", which differs from and combines elements of a city and a prefecture, a characteristic unique to Tokyo.

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Career

Takemi used to be a professor of Tokai University whose main subject is international politics and was first elected to a member of the House of Councillors on 23 July 1995. He had been a member since then until July 2007 and Vice Minister of Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of the Abe Cabinet since September 2006 until August 2007. He was a tutor of the School of Politics for Women( 女性のための政治スクール ).

Tokai University Higher education institution in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

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In 2006, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed Takemi to a High-level Panel on United Nations Systemwide Coherence, which was set up to explore how the United Nations system could work more coherently and effectively across the world in the areas of development, humanitarian assistance and the environment.^[1]

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Takemi narrowly lost the election in 2007.^[2]

In March 2016, Takemi was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth, which was co-chaired by presidents François Hollande of France and Jacob Zuma of South Africa.^[3]

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Personal life

His father was Taro Takemi, president of the Japan Medical Association.

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References

External links

Official site (in Japanese)

House of Councillors
Preceded by Masao Akamatsu Kiyoshi Nakano	Vice Minister of Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare September 2006 - August 2007	Succeeded by Koichi Kishi Kyoko Nishikawa
Preceded by Masako Ōkawara Natsuo Yamaguchi Kan Suzuki Tamayo Marukawa Ryūhei Kawada	Member of the House of Councillors from Tokyo (Class of 1947/1953/.../2013) 2013– Served alongside: Tamayo Marukawa, Natsuo Yamaguchi, Yoshiko Kira, Tarō Yamamoto	Incumbent
Preceded by 50-member district	Member of the House of Councillors by proprotional representation (Class of 1947/1953/.../1995) 1995–2007 Served alongside: 49→47 others	Succeeded by 48-member district

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[1] High-level panel on UN System-wide Coherence – panel composition United Nations.

[2] ttp://www.nikkei.co.jp/news/main/20070730AT3S3000L30072007.html

[3] High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth – Commissioners World Health Organization.