Tadashi Maeda (politician)
{{Short description|Japanese politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Tadashi Maeda
| native_name = {{nobold|前田 正}}
| native_name_lang = ja
| image = Tadashi Maeda 1999.jpg
| image_size = 220px
| caption = Official portrait, 1999
| office = Member of the House of Representatives
| constituency = Osaka 4th
| term_start = 20 October 1996
| term_end = 2 June 2000
| predecessor = Constituency established
| successor = Masaaki Nakayama
| constituency1 = Osaka 2nd
| term_start1 = 18 February 1990
| term_end1 = 18 June 1993
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1946|12|7|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|10|28|1946|12|7|df=y}}
| death_place =
| father = Jiichirō Maeda
| alma_mater = Osaka University
| party = Independent
| otherparty = Liberal Democratic
New Frontier
}}
{{nihongo|Tadashi Maeda|前田 正|Maeda Tadashi|December 7, 1946 – October 28, 2013}} was a Japanese politician who served two terms in the House of Representatives.
Early life
Born in Osaka in 1946, he was the son of House of Representatives member Jiichirō Maeda.
Education
Maeda graduated in 1969 from the Engineering Department of Osaka University.
Career
After serving as promotions director of the Osaka branch of the LDP, he was elected to the Diet in the 39th general election on an LDP ticket,{{cite web|url=http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASDG28052_Y3A021C1CC1000/|title=前田正氏が死去 元衆院議員 |date=28 October 2013 |publisher=Nihon Keizai Shimbun|language=Japanese|accessdate=October 29, 2013}} and joined the Kōmoto Faction. In the 1993 general election he failed to be reelected, but managed to be reelected on a New Frontier Party ticket in the 1996 general election. In 1998, he joined the so-called Reform Club led by Ichiro Ozawa. In 1999, he became Parliamentary Vice-Minister in the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, a post he also had in the Second Obuchi Cabinet{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/articles/TKY201310280532.html|title=元新進党衆院議員の前田正さん死去|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|language=Japanese|accessdate=October 29, 2013}} and in the First Mori Cabinet.
Death
He died on October 28, 2013, in Osaka from heart failure.{{cite web|url=http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2013102800951|title=前田正氏死去（元衆院議員）|publisher=Jiji Press|language=Japanese|accessdate=October 29, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20131030043156/http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=obt_30&k=2013102800951|archivedate=October 30, 2013}}
References
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Category:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians
Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Japan)
Category:Kansai University alumni
Category:Osaka University alumni
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