Yoshiaki Takaki

Yoshiaki Takaki (高木 義明, Takaki Yoshiaki, born December 22, 1945) is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi and high-school graduate he was elected to the Diet for the first time in 1990 after serving in the union executive and local assemblies for 15 years.

Yoshiaki Takaki

Honours

• Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (2018)

References

• 政治家情報 〜高木 義明〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on December 3, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-02.

External links

• Official website in Japanese.

Political offices
Preceded by Tatsuo Kawabata	Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2010–2011	Succeeded by Masaharu Nakagawa
House of Representatives of Japan
Preceded by Masakazu Kuranari	Representative for Nagasaki 1st district 2000–present	Incumbent
New title Introduction of proportional representation	Representative for the Kyūshū PR block 1996–2000	Succeeded by N/A
Preceded by Takeo Nishioka Tadashi Kuranari Kenji Taguchi Masayoshi Kobuchi Fumio Kyūma	Representative for Nagasaki 1st district (multi-member) 1990–1996 Served alongside: Takeo Nishioka, Ken'ichirō Hatsumura, Fumio Kyūma, Kenji Taguchi, Tadashi Kuranari	District eliminated
Party political offices
Preceded by Kōzō Watanabe	Diet Affairs Chief of the Democratic Party of Japan 2006–2007	Succeeded by Kenji Yamaoka