Ichirō Ozawa

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Ichirō Ozawa
小沢一郎
Leader of the Opposition
In office
7 April 2006 – 16 May 2009
Prime MinisterJunichiro Koizumi
Shinzō Abe
Yasuo Fukuda
Tarō Asō
Preceded bySeiji Maehara
Succeeded byYukio Hatoyama
In office
28 December 1995 – 31 December 1997
Prime MinisterTomiichi Murayama
Ryutaro Hashimoto
Preceded byToshiki Kaifu
Succeeded byNaoto Kan
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
28 December 1985 – 22 July 1986
Prime MinisterYasuhiro Nakasone
Preceded byTōru Furuya
Succeeded byNobuyuki Hanashi
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
27 December 1969
Preceded byconstituencies established
ConstituencyIwate 2nd (1969–1996)
Iwate 3rd (1996–2017)
Iwate 4th (2017–present)
Personal details
Born (1942-05-24) 24 May 1942 (age 81)
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyCDP
Other political
affiliations
Liberal Democratic (Before 1993)
Renewal (1993–1994)
New Frontier (1994–1998)
Liberal (1998–2003)
Democratic (2003–2012)
People's Life First (2012)
Tomorrow (2012)
People's Life (2012–2016)
Liberal Party (2016–2019)
Democratic Party for the People (2019–2020)
Alma materKeio University
Nihon University
WebsitePersonal website

Ichirō Ozawa (小沢一郎, Ozawa Ichirō, born 24 May 1942) is a Japanese politician. He is a member of the House of Representatives since 1969.[1] He was the Leader of the Opposition from 1995 until 1997 and again from 2006 until 2009.[2][3]

References[change | change source]

  1. "立候補者情報:選挙区:岩手3区:衆院選2017:時事ドットコム".
  2. Onishi, Norimitsu (18 January 2004). "For Japan's Insider-Turned-Rebel, Decade-Old Revolution Is Still a Work in Progress". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
  3. "Japan's Ichiro Ozawa 'won't quit' over funding row". BBC. 16 January 2010. Retrieved 28 August 2010.