Masahiko Yamada

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesIn office
2009–2010Prime MinisterYukio Hatoyama
Naoto KanPreceded byMotohiko Kondō
Noritoshi IshidaSucceeded byAkira Gunji
Takashi Shinohara Personal detailsBorn (1942-04-08) April 8, 1942 (age 82)
Fukue, Nagasaki, JapanAlma materWaseda University

Masahiko Yamada (山田 正彦, Yamada Masahiko, born April 8, 1942) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Fukue, Nagasaki, a Roman Catholic, and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 after unsuccessful runs in 1979, 1986 and 1990. Before running for office, he worked as a rancher and a lawyer.

References

• 政治家情報 〜山田 正彦〜. senkyo.janjan.jp (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-16.

External links

• Official website in Japanese.

Political offices
Preceded by Hirotaka Akamatsu	Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 2010	Succeeded by Michihiko Kano
Preceded by Motohiko Kondō Noritoshi Ishida	Senior Vice Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 2009–2010 Served alongside: Akira Gunji	Succeeded by Akira Gunji Takashi Shinohara
House of Representatives (Japan)
Preceded by Yaichi Tanigawa	Representative for Nagasaki 3rd district 2009–	Incumbent
Preceded by –	Representative for the Kyūshū PR block 2000–2009	Succeeded by –
Preceded by Isao Hayami Genjirō Kaneko Akira Mitsutake Kazuo Torashima	Representative for Nagasaki 2nd district (multi-member) 1993–1996 Served alongside: Genjirō Kaneko, Kazuo Torashima, Izumi Yamazaki	District eliminated