Takeo Nishioka

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Takeo Nishioka

| native_name = {{nobold|西岡武夫}}

| native_name_lang = ja

| image = Takeo Nishioka 1988.jpg

| image_size = 220px

| caption = Official portrait, 1988

| office = President of the House of Councillors

| monarch = Akihito

| vicepresident = Hidehisa Otsuji

| term_start = 30 July 2010

| term_end = 5 November 2011

| predecessor = Satsuki Eda

| successor = Kenji Hirata

| office1 = Minister of Education

| primeminister1 = Noboru Takeshita
Sōsuke Uno

| term_start1 = 27 December 1988

| term_end1 = 10 August 1989

| predecessor1 = Gentarō Nakajima

| successor1 = Kazuya Ishibashi

| office2 = Member of the House of Councillors

| constituency2 = National PR

| term_start2 = 29 July 2001

| term_end2 = 5 November 2011

| predecessor2 =

| successor2 =

| office3 = Member of the House of Representatives

| constituency3 = Former Nagasaki 1st (1986–1996)
Nagasaki 1st (1996–1998)

| term_start3 = 8 July 1986

| term_end3 = 3 February 1998

| predecessor3 = Multi-member district

| successor3 = Masakazu Kuranari

| constituency4 = Former Nagasaki 1st

| term_start4 = 22 November 1963

| term_end4 = 28 November 1983

| predecessor4 =

| successor4 =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|2|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Nagasaki, Japan

| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|11|5|1936|2|12|df=y}}

| death_place = Minato, Tokyo, Japan

| father = Takejirō Nishioka

| mother = Haru Nishioka

| children = Hideko Nishioka

| relatives = Tadashi Kuranari (cousin)

| alma_mater = Waseda University

| party = Democratic

| otherparty = Liberal Democratic
New Liberal Club
New Frontier
Liberal

}}

{{nihongo|Takeo Nishioka|西岡武夫|Nishioka Takeo|extra=February 12, 1936 – November 5, 2011}} was a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), who served as a member of the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors in the Diet.[https://web.archive.org/web/20111109092256/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-11/05/c_131230406.htm Japan's upper house president dies of pneumonia: report]

Early life

Nishioka was a native of Nagasaki and graduated from Waseda University.

Political career

Nishioka was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1963. He lost his seat in 1983 but was re-elected in 1986. He lost the seat again in 2000 and was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2001.

In 2010, he was elected as the President of the House of Councillors, as a member of the DPJ.[http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/11/05/2488579/japans-upper-house-president-takeo.html "Japan's upper house President Takeo Nishioka dies at 75"]

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