Tetsuma Esaki | |
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江﨑 鐵磨 | |
![]() Official portrait, 2017 | |
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety | |
In office 3 August 2017 –27 February 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Shinzo Abe |
Preceded by | Yosuke Tsuruho |
Succeeded by | Teru Fukui |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office 18 December 2012 –9 October 2024 | |
Preceded by | Kazumi Sugimoto |
Succeeded by | Norimasa Fujiwara |
Constituency | Aichi 10th |
In office 9 November 2003 –21 July 2009 | |
Preceded by | Kanju Satō |
Succeeded by | Kazumi Sugimoto |
Constituency | Aichi 10th |
In office 19 July 1993 –2 June 2000 | |
Preceded by | Multi-member district |
Succeeded by | Kanju Satō |
Constituency | Aichi 3rd (1993–1996) Aichi 10th (1996–2000) |
Personal details | |
Born | Ichinomiya,Aichi,Japan | 17 September 1943
Political party | LDP (since 2003) |
Other political affiliations | JRP (1993–1994) NFP (1994–1997) LP (1998–2000) NCP (2000–2003) |
Parent | Masumi Esaki (father) |
Relatives | Yoichiro Esaki (brother) |
Alma mater | Rikkyo University |
Tetsuma Esaki (born September 17,1943) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). [1]
Esaki is a native of Ichinomiya,Aichi and graduate of Rikkyo University.
Esaki was elected for the first time in 1993 as a member of the now-defunct Japan Renewal Party. He later joined the LDP. He was defeated in the 2009 by DPJ candidate Kazumi Sugimoto. [1]
He was appointed to be the Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs by ShinzōAbe August 3,2017. [2]
He also served as Minister for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety.
However,on February 27,2018,He resigned from the minister due to a mild cerebral infarction. The next day,Teru Fukui,former vice Minister of Education,Culture,Sports,Science and Technology assumed office as a successor.