Sadakazu Tanigaki

Sadakazu Tanigaki
Sadakazu Tanigaki
谷垣禎一
	Official portrait, 2009
President of the Liberal Democratic Party
	In office; 28 September 2009 – 26 September 2012
Vice President	Tadamori Ōshima
Secretary-General	Tadamori Ōshima; Nobuteru Ishihara;
Preceded by	Tarō Asō
Succeeded by	Shinzo Abe
Prime Minister
Ministerial offices
Minister of Justice
	In office; 26 December 2012 – 3 September 2014
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Makoto Taki
Succeeded by	Midori Matsushima
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
	In office; 2 August 2008 – 24 September 2008
Prime Minister	Yasuo Fukuda
Preceded by	Tetsuzo Fuyushiba
Succeeded by	Nariaki Nakayama
Minister of Finance
	In office; 22 September 2003 – 26 September 2006
Prime Minister	Junichiro Koizumi
Preceded by	Masajuro Shiokawa
Succeeded by	Kōji Omi
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
	In office; 30 September 2002 – 22 September 2003
Prime Minister	Junichiro Koizumi
Preceded by	Jin Murai
Succeeded by	Kiyoko Ono
Chairman of the Financial Reconstruction Commission
	In office; 25 February 2000 – 4 July 2000
Prime Minister	Keizō Obuchi; Yoshirō Mori
Preceded by	Michio Ochi
Succeeded by	Kimitaka Kuze
Director-General of the Science and Technology Agency
	In office; 11 September 1997 – 30 July 1998
Prime Minister	Ryutaro Hashimoto
Preceded by	Riichirō Chikaoka
Succeeded by	Yutaka Takeyama
President
Party political offices
Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party
	In office; 3 September 2014 – 3 August 2016
President	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Shigeru Ishiba
Succeeded by	Toshihiro Nikai
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 8 August 1983 – 28 September 2017
Preceded by	Sen'ichi Tanigaki
Succeeded by	Tarō Honda
Constituency	Kyoto 2nd (1983–1996); Kyoto 5th (1996–2017)
Personal details
Born	7 March 1945 (age 81); Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Father	Sen'ichi Tanigaki
Education	Azabu High School
Alma mater	University of Tokyo
Signature
Website	Official website

Sadakazu Tanigaki (谷垣禎一, Tanigaki Sadakazu; born 7 March 1945) is a Japanese politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1983 to 2017. He was the President of the Liberal Democratic Party and Leader of the Opposition from 2009 to 2012.^[1]

Tanigaki was the Minister of Finance from 2003 to 2006. He was the Minister of Justice from 2012 to 2014. He was LDP Secretary-General from 2014 to 2016. He was a known critic of Shinzo Abe.^[2]

Tanigaki injured his spinal cord in a bicycle accident in July 2016.^[3] He made his first public appearance after the accident in October 2018, and addressed the Liberal Democratic Party Convention from a wheelchair in February 2019.^[4]

References

↑ Opposition LDP picks Tanigaki as new leader as it tackles renewal Kyodo News, 28 September 2009
↑ "Abe's party rival takes on role of loyal critic". Nikkei Asian Review. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
↑ "Ex-LDP leader Tanigaki won't seek re-election in Lower House poll owing to spinal cord injury". The Japan Times Online. 2017-09-21. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
↑ "Disabled LDP heavyweight Tanigaki tells party convention 'Paralympic athletes will inspire me'". Mainichi Daily News. 2019-02-11. Retrieved 2020-09-11.

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[1] Opposition LDP picks Tanigaki as new leader as it tackles renewal Kyodo News, 28 September 2009

[2] "Abe's party rival takes on role of loyal critic". Nikkei Asian Review. Retrieved 2020-09-11.

[:0-3] "Ex-LDP leader Tanigaki won't seek re-election in Lower House poll owing to spinal cord injury". The Japan Times Online. 2017-09-21. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2017-10-16.

[4] "Disabled LDP heavyweight Tanigaki tells party convention 'Paralympic athletes will inspire me'". Mainichi Daily News. 2019-02-11. Retrieved 2020-09-11.

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