Takuya Tasso

Takuya Tasso (達増 拓也, Tasso Takuya, born 10 June 1964) is a Japanese politician and the current governor of Iwate Prefecture. He is a native of Morioka and graduate of the University of Tokyo.

Takuya Tasso
達増 拓也
Governor of Iwate Prefecture
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 April 2007
Preceded by	Hiroya Masuda
Member of the House of Representatives for Iwate 1st District
In office 21 October 1996 – 22 March 2007
Preceded by	Constituency Established
Succeeded by	Takeshi Shina
Personal details
Born	10 June 1964 Morioka, Iwate, Japan
Alma mater	University of Tokyo

Biography

Tasso joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1988, receiving a master's degree in international relations from Johns Hopkins University in the United States while with the ministry. In 1996, he was elected to the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) for the first time as a member of the New Frontier Party and subsequently served as a diet member for the Democratic Party of Japan. He was first elected governor of Iwate prefecture in 2007 and as of 2012 is in his second four-year term.[1]

On July 9, 2012 he announced that he would sever his ties with the DPJ and join Putting People's Lives First, the new party led by Ichiro Ozawa.[1][2]

References

1. "Iwate gov. to part with DPJ, join Ozawa party". Yomiuri Shimbun. July 10, 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
2. "Iwate governor to part with DPJ and join Ozawa's planned party". Japan Times. Retrieved July 13, 2012.

• 政治家情報 〜達増 拓也〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on May 18, 2008. Retrieved November 22, 2007. External link in |work= (help)

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)