Tanaka Tatsuo
{{Family name hatnote|Tanaka|lang=Japanese}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Tatsuo Tanaka
|native_name = {{nobold|田中 龍夫}}
|native_name_lang = ja
|image = Tatsuo Tanaka 1980.jpg
|office = Minister of Education
|primeminister = Zenko Suzuki
|term_start = 17 July 1980
|term_end = 30 November 1981
|predecessor = Sen'ichi Tanigaki
|successor = Heiji Ogawa
|office1 = Minister of International Trade and Industry
|primeminister1 = Takeo Fukuda
|term_start1 = 24 December 1976
|term_end1 = 28 November 1977
|predecessor1 = Toshio Kōmoto
|successor1 = Toshio Kōmoto
|office2 = Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
(Political affairs)
|primeminister2 = Nobusuke Kishi
|term_start2 = 12 July 1957
|term_end2 = June 1958
|predecessor2 = Naokichi Kitazawa
|successor2 = Shunichi Matsumoto
|office3 = Member of the House of Representatives
|constituency3 = Yamaguchi 1st
|term_start3 = 20 April 1953
|term_end3 = 24 January 1990
|predecessor3 =
|successor3 =
|office4 = Governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture
|term_start4 = 16 April 1947
|term_end4 = 24 March 1953
|predecessor4 = Ichirō Aoyagi
|successor4 = Tarō Ozawa
|office5 = Member of the House of Peers
|term_start5 = 11 May 1946
|term_end5 = 2 May 1947
|birth_date = {{birth date|1910|9|20|df=y}}
|birth_place = Hagi, Yamaguchi, Japan
|death_date = {{death date and age|1998|3|30|1910|9|20|df=y}}
|resting_place = Tama Cemetery
|father = Tanaka Giichi
|alma_mater = Tokyo Imperial University
|party = LDP (1954–1998)
|otherparty = Independent (before 1954)
JDP (1954–1955)
}}
Tanaka Tatsuo (Japanese: 田中 龍夫, Tanaka Tatsuo; 20 September 1910 – March 30, 1998) was a Japanese politician and baron who served as Minister of Education from 1980 to 1981 and Minister of International Trade and Industry from 1976 to 1977.
He was the eldest son of Prime Minister Tanaka Giichi.
Early life and education
Born on September 20, 1910, in Hagi, Yamaguchi, Japan, Tanaka was the eldest son of Tanaka Giichi, a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and future prime minister of Japan. After attending Gyosei High School, he entered Urawa High School (now Saitama University) and later enrolled in the Tokyo Imperial University. During this time, he inherited the title of baron following his father's death.20世紀人名辞典. 日外アソシエーツ. He also married Takahashi Setsuko.
Bureaucratic career
After graduating from Tokyo Imperial University in 1937, Tanaka joined the South Manchuria Railway. He later served as a researcher in the Planning Agency, a bureaucrat in the Ministry of Munitions, and a secretary to Minister of Agriculture and Commerce Shimada Toshio during the Koiso Cabinet.
Following the end of World War II, Tanaka was appointed as a secretary to Minister of Commerce and Industry Ogasawara Mikio in the Shidehara Cabinet.
Political career
On May 11, 1946, he was elected to the House of Peers as a baron, where he served until its abolition on May 2, 1947. That same year, he was elected as the first governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture under the public election system.
In 1953, Tanaka resigned as governor midway through his second term to run as an independent candidate in the 26th House of Representatives election. He was elected from the old Yamaguchi 1st district and subsequently joined the Japan Liberal Party. He later followed Nobusuke Kishi, his senior from the same prefecture, into the newly formed Japan Democratic Party.
Tanaka joined the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) upon its formation through a merger of conservative parties. He held various positions including Minister of International Trade and Industry during the Takeo Fukuda Cabinet, and Minister of Education during the Zenkō Suzuki Cabinet (July 17, 1980 - November 30, 1981). In 1981, he was appointed as the LDP General Council Chairman under Prime Minister Zenkō Suzuki.
Later life and death
Tanaka retired from politics following the dissolution of the House of Representatives in 1990. That same year, he was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun. He died on March 30, 1998, at the age of 87. He is buried in Tama Cemetery.
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