Torao Tokuda

{{Short description|Japanese politician (1938–2024)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Torao Tokuda

| native_name = {{nobold|徳田 虎雄}}

| native_name_lang = ja

| image =

| caption =

| office = Member of the House of Representatives

| term_start = 26 June 2000

| term_end = 8 August 2005

| constituency = Kagoshima 2nd

| predecessor = {{ill|Shūkō Sonoda|ja|園田修光}}

| successor = Takeshi Tokuda

| term_start1 = 19 February 1990

| term_end1 = 27 September 1996

| predecessor1 = Okiharu Yasuoka

| successor1 = Constituency abolished

| constituency1 = Amami Islands (1990–1992)
Kagoshima 1st (1992–1996)

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1938|02|17}}

| birth_place = Tokunoshima, Japan

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2024|07|10|1938|02|17}}

| death_place = Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan

| occupation = Doctor

| children = Takeshi Tokuda

| alma_mater = Osaka University

| party = Liberal League

| otherparty = Liberal Democratic

}}

Torao Tokuda ({{langx|ja|徳田虎雄}} Tokuda Torao; 17 February 1938 – 10 July 2024) was a Japanese politician. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party and later the Liberal League, he served in the House of Representatives from 1990 to 1996 and again from 2000 to 2005.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=11 July 2024|title=徳田虎雄元衆議院議員 死去 86歳「徳洲会」グループ創設者|trans-title= |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20240711/k10014508561000.html|language=Japanese|work=NHK|location= |access-date=11 July 2024}}

Tokuda died of ALS in Kamakura, on 10 July 2024, at the age of 86.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=11 July 2024|title=徳田虎雄元衆院議員が死去 86歳 「徳洲会」の創始者、ALS診断|trans-title= |url=https://mainichi.jp/articles/20240711/k00/00m/040/025000c|language=Japanese|work=Mainichi Shimbun|location= |access-date=11 July 2024}}

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