Yasukazu Hamada

Japanese politician
浜田 靖一
Official portrait, 2022
6th and 24th Minister of DefenseIn office
10 August 2022 – 13 September 2023Prime MinisterFumio KishidaPreceded byNobuo KishiSucceeded byMinoru KiharaIn office
24 September 2008 – 16 September 2009Prime MinisterTarō AsōPreceded byYoshimasa HayashiSucceeded byToshimi KitazawaMember of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
18 July 1993ConstituencyChiba 12th (2003–present)
Southern Kanto (2000–2003)
Chiba 12th (1996–2000)
Chiba 3rd (1993–1996) Personal detailsBorn (1955-10-21) 21 October 1955 (age 68)
Futtsu, JapanPolitical partyLiberal Democratic PartyAlma materSenshu University (BBA)

Hamada at the Pentagon, 3 November 1998

Yasukazu Hamada (浜田 靖一, Hamada Yasukazu, born 21 October 1955) is a Japanese politician who served as the Minister of Defense of Japan from 2008 to 2009 and from 2022 to 2023. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he also serves in the House of Representatives, having taken office in 1993.

In September 2008, under the Cabinet of Prime Minister Tarō Asō, Hamada was appointed as Minister of Defense. This was Hamada's first Cabinet position. He was appointed to the same position under the Cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in 2022.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Aso elected premier / Announces Cabinet lineup himself; poll likely on Nov. 2", The Yomiuri Shimbun, 25 September 2008.
  • 政治家情報 〜浜田 靖一〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 11 October 2007.

External links

Media related to Yasukazu Hamada at Wikimedia Commons

  • Official website in Japanese.
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Defense
2008–2009 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Defence
2022–2023 		Succeeded by
Minoru Kihara
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