Takao Fujii

Japanese politician

Takao Fujii (藤井孝男, Fujii Takao, born March 14, 1943) is a Japanese politician, an independent and member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).

藤井孝男

Minister of TransportIn office
September 11, 1997 – July 30, 1998Prime MinisterRyutaro HashimotoPreceded byMakoto KogaSucceeded byJiro KawasakiMember of the House of RepresentativesIn office
December 21, 2012 – November 21, 2014ConstituencyTōkai PR blockIn office
July 19, 1993 – August 8, 2005ConstituencyGifu 2nd district
(1993-1996)
Tōkai PR block
(2000-2003)
Gifu 4th district
(1996-2000, 2003-2005)Member of the House of CouncillorsIn office
July 29, 2007 – December 4, 2012ConstituencyGifu at-large districtIn office
February 1, 1981 – June 18, 1993ConstituencyGifu at-large district Personal detailsBorn (1943-03-14) March 14, 1943 (age 81)
TokyoPolitical partyLiberal Democratic
(1981–2005, 2007-2010, 2016-present)Other political
affiliations

Independent
(2005-2007)
Sunrise Party
(2010–2012, merger)
Restoration
(2012–2014, split)
Future Generations
(2014-2016)

Alma materSeijo University

A native of Shirakawa, Gifu and graduate of Seijo University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1981 as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. After serving in the House of Representatives for four terms from 1993 until 2005 when he lost re-election, he was elected again to the House of Councillors in 2007.

He joined the Sunrise Party of Japan on April 10, 2010. In 2012 that party merged with another party to become the Japan Restoration Party. In 2014 the former Sunrise Party members, led by Shintaro Ishihara and including Fujii, split from the Restoration Party to form the Party for Future Generations. He was appointed as the inaugural chairman of the party's executive council and also head of the party's electoral strategy committee. In the December 2014 general election he was the party's candidate for the Tokai proportional block but lost his seat. After the election he replaced Hiroyuki Sonoda as an advisor to the party.

In September 2015 he left the Party for Future Generations and submitted an application to the Gifu Prefecture branch of the Liberal Democratic Party and was granted re-entry to the party.^[1]

References

^ "自民の岐阜県連が藤井氏復党容認次世代を離党" [LDP Gifu branch accepts Fujii's return to party, departs from Future Generations Party] (in Japanese). 28 September 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2016.