| Tamisuke Watanuki | |
|---|---|
| 綿貫 民輔 | |
 Watanuki in 2009 | |
| Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 4 July 2000 – 10 October 2003 | |
| Monarch | Akihito |
| Deputy | Kōzō Watanabe |
| Preceded by | Sōichirō Itō |
| Succeeded by | Yōhei Kōno |
| Minister of Construction | |
| In office 28 February 1990 – 29 December 1990 | |
| Prime Minister | Toshiki Kaifu |
| Preceded by | Shōzō Harada |
| Succeeded by | Yūji Ōtsuka |
| Director-General of the National Land Agency | |
| In office 22 July 1986 – 6 November 1987 | |
| Prime Minister | Yasuhiro Nakasone |
| Preceded by | Heihachirō Yamazaki |
| Succeeded by | Seisuke Okuno |
| Director-General of the Hokkaido Development Agency and the Okinawa Development Agency | |
| In office 22 July 1986 – 6 November 1987 | |
| Prime Minister | Yasuhiro Nakasone |
| Preceded by | Raishirō Koga |
| Succeeded by | Shigeru Kasuya |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 29 December 1969 – 21 July 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | Keiichiro Tachibana |
| Constituency | Toyama 2nd (1969–1996) Toyama 3rd (1996–2009) |
| Member of the Toyama Prefectural Assembly | |
| In office 1959–1967 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1927-04-30) 30 April 1927 (age 97) Nanto, Toyama, Japan |
| Political party | LDP (1969–2005; 2016–present) |
| Other political affiliations | PNP (2005–2013) Independent (2013–2016) |
| Alma mater | Keio University |
Tamisuke Watanuki (綿貫 民輔, Watanuki Tamisuke, born 30 April 1927) is a retired Japanese politician from Toyama Prefecture. He started his own export-import company at age 28.
He graduated from the Department of Economics at Keio University and ran for the Toyama Prefectural Assembly in 1959. He was elected to the Diet in 1969 as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
He served as Vice Minister of International Trade and Industry in 1975 in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Miki, and as Vice Minister of the Post Office under Prime Minister Fukuda, as well as some other cabinet positions through the 1980s. He was Speaker of the House of Representatives from July 2000 to November 2003.
He vigorously opposed Prime Minister Koizumi's plan to privatize the national post office and formed the People's New Party in 2005 to oppose the plan. Although Koizumi's party handily won a strong majority in the elections on 11 September 2005, Watanuki crushed the challenger in his district.
References
- Watanuki's official website Archived 2010-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- An article in the Japan Times.
- A report on the postal reform.
- A report on the 2005 Upper House Elections. (Note: This report is entitled as UPPER House Election, which is wrong. This is a LOWER House Election.)
| House of Representatives (Japan) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byHiroyuki Masuoka | Chair, Committee on Financial Affairs of the House of Representatives 1980–1981 |
Succeeded byYoshirō Mori |
| Preceded byChūbun Hatano | Chair, Committee on Judicial Affairs of the House of Representatives 1982–1983 |
Succeeded byMoichi Miyazaki |
| Preceded byIchirō Ozawa | Chair, Committee on Rules and Administration of the House of Representatives 1986 |
Succeeded byIhei Ochi |
| Preceded bySōichirō Itō | Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan 2000–2003 |
Succeeded byYōhei Kōno |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded byRaishirō Koga | Head of the Hokkaido Development Agency 1986–1987 |
Succeeded byShigeru Kasuya |
| Preceded byHeihachirō Yamazaki | Head of the National Land Agency 1986–1987 |
Succeeded bySeisuke Okuno |
| Preceded byRaishirō Koga | Head of the Okinawa Development Agency 1986–1987 |
Succeeded byShigeru Kasuya |
| Preceded byShōzō Harada | Minister of Construction 1990 |
Succeeded byYūji Ōtsuka |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded byKeizō Obuchi | Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party 1991–1992 |
Succeeded bySeiroku Kajiyama |
| Preceded byKeizō Obuchi | Head of Heisei Kenkyūkai 1998–2000 |
Succeeded byRyūtarō Hashimoto |
| Preceded byParty established | President of the People's New Party (Kokuminshintō) 2005–2009 |
Succeeded byShizuka Kamei |
- 1927 births
- Living people
- Speakers of the House of Representatives (Japan)
- Ministers of construction of Japan
- Japanese racehorse owners and breeders
- Japanese businesspeople
- Kannushi
- Politicians from Toyama Prefecture
- Keio University alumni
- Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians
- People's New Party politicians
- Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun
- Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2003–2005
- Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2005–2009