:Shusei Tanaka
{{Short description|Japanese politician}}
{{nihongo|Shūsei Tanaka|田中秀征|Tanaka Shũsei|extra=born 30 September 1940}} is a Japanese politician.
Overviews
He was first elected to the House of Representatives in the 1972 general election and represented the Nagano Prefecture first district. Following a revamp of the electoral system, he lost his seat to Kenji Kosaka in the 1996 general election.
Career
File:Ryūtarō Hashimoto Cabinet 19960111.jpg (at the Prime Minister's Official Residence on January 11, 1996)]]
He was born in present-day Nagano City. Originally a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he co-founded New Party Sakigake in 1993 and served as a senior advisor to Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa from 1993 to 1994. He later returned to the LDP and served as Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency under Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto.{{cite news|last=Tanaka|first=Shusei|title=Frustrated with two major parties, voters will search carefully for third option|url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/views/opinion/AJ201206050046|accessdate=13 January 2014|newspaper=The Asahi Shimbun|date=5 June 2012}} Tanaka again served as a policy advisor to Hosokawa during his bid for Governor of Tokyo in the 2014 gubernatorial election.{{cite news|title=細川氏出馬、旧政権メンバーが再結集 都知事選|url=http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNZO65191570R10C14A1PP8000/|accessdate=13 January 2014|newspaper=日本経済新聞|date=11 January 2014}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tanaka, Shusei}}
Category:Politicians from Nagano Prefecture
Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Japan)
Category:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians
Category:New Party Sakigake politicians
{{japan-politician-1940s-stub}}