Masaharu Nakagawa (House of Representatives)

{{Short description|Japanese politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Yoshiaki Takaki

|native_name = {{nobold|中川 正春}}

|native_name_lang = ja

|image = Masaharu Nakagawa 201109096.jpg

|image_size = 220px

|caption = Official portrait, 2011

|office2 = Minister of State for Disaster Management

|primeminister2 = Yoshihiko Noda

|term_start2 = 1 February 2012

|term_end2 = 1 October 2012

|predecessor2 = Tatsuo Hirano

|successor2 = Mikio Shimoji

|office3 = Minister of State for the New Public Commons

|primeminister3 = Yoshihiko Noda

|term_start3 = 1 February 2012

|predecessor3 = Katsuya Okada

|successor3 = Ikko Nakatsuka

|term_end3 = 1 October 2012

|office4 = Minister of State for Gender Equality

|primeminister4 = Yoshihiko Noda

|term_start4 = 1 February 2012

|term_end4 = 1 October 2012

|predecessor4 = Katsuya Okada

|successor4 = Ikko Nakatsuka

|office5 = Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate

|primeminister5 = Yoshihiko Noda

|term_start5 = 10 February 2012

|term_end5 = 23 April 2012

|predecessor5 = Katsuya Okada

|successor5 = Yoko Komiyama

|office6 = Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

|primeminister6 = Yoshihiko Noda

|term_start6 = 2 September 2011

|term_end6 = 13 January 2012

|predecessor6 = Yoshiaki Takaki

|successor6 = Hirofumi Hirano

|office7 = Member of the House of Representatives

|constituency7 = Mie 2nd (1996–2021)
Tōkai PR (2021–2024)

|term_start7 = 21 October 1996

|term_end7 = 9 October 2024

|predecessor7 = Constituency established

|successor7 = Multi-member district

|office8 = Member of the Mie Prefectural Assembly

|constituency8 = Matsusaka City

|term_start8 = 1983

|term_end8 = 1995

|predecessor8 =

|successor8 =

|party = CDP (since 2017)

|otherparty = LDP (before 1992)
JNP (1992–1994)
NFP (1994–1997)
Independent (1997–1998)
GGP (1998)
DPJ (1998–2016)
DP (2016–2017)

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|6|10|df=y}}

|birth_place = Matsusaka, Mie, Japan

|alma_mater = Georgetown University

}}

{{nihongo|Masaharu Nakagawa|中川 正春|Nakagawa Masaharu|extra=born 10 June 1950}} is a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party. A native of Matsusaka, Mie and graduate of Georgetown University in the United States he was elected for the first time in 1996 after serving in the local assembly of Mie Prefecture. In September 2011 he was appointed as Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in the cabinet of newly appointed prime minister Yoshihiko Noda.Japan Times, "[http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cabinet/cabinet.html Cabinet Profiles: Noda Cabinet]", 3 September 2011, p. 3.Fukada, Takahiro, "[http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110924a5.html Society must value overseas study: Nakagawa]", Japan Times, 24 September 2011, p. 2.