Tadamori Oshima

Tadamori Ōshima
大島 理森
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan
Assumed office
21 April 2015
Monarch Akihito
Preceded by Nobutaka Machimura
Personal details
Born (1946-09-06) 6 September 1946
Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan
Alma mater Keio University

Tadamori Ōshima (大島 理森  Ōshima Tadamori, born September 6, 1946) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Hachinohe, Aomori and graduate of Keio University, he worked at the national newspaper Mainichi Shimbun from 1970 to 1974 and was elected to the assembly of Aomori Prefecture in 1975. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1983 after an unsuccessful run in 1980. He is the current Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan.

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    House of Representatives of Japan
    New district Representative for Aomori's 3rd district
    1996 –
    Incumbent
    Preceded by
    Shūichi Takenaka
    Masami Tanabu
    Haremasa Seki
    Yūji Tsushima
    Representative for Aomori's 1st district (multi-member)
    1983–1996
    Served alongside: Masami Tanabu, Yūji Tsushima, Shūichi Takenaka, Haremasa Seki, Osamu Imamura
    District eliminated
    Preceded by
    Nobutaka Machimura
    Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan
    2015–present
    Incumbent
    Political offices
    Preceded by
    Sohei Miyashita
    Director-General of the Environment Agency
    1995–1996
    Succeeded by
    Sukio Iwatare
    Preceded by
    Hirofumi Nakasone
    Director-General of the Science and Technology Agency
    2000
    Succeeded by
    Nobutaka Machimura
    Preceded by
    Hirofumi Nakasone
    Minister of Education
    2000
    Succeeded by
    Nobutaka Machimura
    Preceded by
    Tsutomu Takebe
    Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
    2002–2003
    Succeeded by
    Yoshiyuki Kamei
    Party political offices
    Preceded by
    Makoto Koga
    Toshihiro Nikai
    Chairman of the LDP Diet Affairs Committee
    2000–2002
    2007–2009
    Succeeded by
    Hidenao Nakagawa
    Jirō Kawasaki
    Preceded by
    Hiroyuki Hosoda
    Secretary General of the LDP
    2009–2010
    Succeeded by
    Nobuteru Ishihara
    Preceded by
    Taku Yamasaki (in 2003)
    Vice President of the LDP
    2010-2012
    Succeeded by
    Masahiko Kōmura


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