Norihisa Tamura

Norihisa Tamura (田村 憲久, Tamura Norihisa, born 15 December 1964) is a Japanese politician serving in the Lower House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He is a member of the Suigetsukai faction within the LDP, led by Shigeru Ishiba. Tamura is also affiliated to the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi.[1]

Norihisa Tamura
田村 憲久
Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare
Assumed office
16 September 2020
Prime MinisterYoshihide Suga
Preceded byKatsunobu Katō
In office
26 December 2012 – 3 September 2014
Prime MinisterShinzō Abe
Preceded byWakio Mitsui
Succeeded byYasuhisa Shiozaki
Member of the House of Representatives
for Mie's 4th district
Assumed office
20 October 1996
Preceded byHajime Tamura
Personal details
Born (1964-12-15) 15 December 1964
Matsusaka, Mie, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party
RelationsHajime Tamura (uncle)
Alma materChiba University

Early life and education

A native of Matsusaka, Mie, Tamura was born on 15 December 1964.[2] He is a graduate of Chiba University's faculty of economics and law.[2]

Career

Tamura started his career at the family-run construction company Nippon Doken Co. in Tsu, Mie, in 1987. Next, he began to work as a secretary of his uncle, Hajime Tamura, who served as a member of the House of Representatives and as Speaker.[2]

Tamura was elected to the lower house for the first time in 1996, taking his uncle's seat.[2] He has served sixth times as a lower house member, representing the Mie Prefecture District 4.[2][3] He became parliamentary secretary for health, labour and welfare in the Mori cabinet and then for education, culture, sports, science and technology in the cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi.[4] He was appointed vice internal affairs minister in the first cabinet of Shinzo Abe in 2006.[2] He headed the committee of health, labor and welfare in the lower house during the prime ministry of Taro Aso.[2]

He served as Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe from 2012 to 2014, and was again tapped for the role by incoming Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in September 2020.[5]

References
  1. "菅新内閣２０人中１４人が「日本会議」のメンバー…右翼色は依然と" (Yahoo! News September 16, 2020)
  2. "Cabinet Profile". The Japan Times. 26 December 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  3. "Tamura, Norihisa". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  4. "Tamura Norihisa". Lib Dems. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  5. "Suga reshuffles LDP leadership; likely to retain key ministers, except Kono". Japan Today. Retrieved 15 September 2020.


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