Yasukazu Hamada | |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Office: | 6th and 24th Minister of Defense |
Term Start: | 10 August 2022 |
Term End: | 13 September 2023 |
Primeminister: | Fumio Kishida |
Predecessor: | Nobuo Kishi |
Successor: | Minoru Kihara |
Primeminister1: | Tarō Asō |
Term Start1: | 24 September 2008 |
Term End1: | 16 September 2009 |
Predecessor1: | Yoshimasa Hayashi |
Successor1: | Toshimi Kitazawa |
Office2: | Member of the House of Representatives |
Term Start2: | 18 July 1993 |
Birth Date: | 21 October 1955 |
Birth Place: | Futtsu, Japan |
Party: | Liberal Democratic Party |
Alma Mater: | Senshu University (BBA) |
Prior Term2: | Southern Kanto proportional representation block (2000–2003) |
Constituency2: | Chiba 12th (2003–present) Southern Kanto (2000–2003) Chiba 12th (1996–2000) Chiba 3rd (1993–1996) |
is a Japanese politician who served as the Minister of Defense of Japan from 2008 to 2009 and from 2022 to 2023. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he also serves in the House of Representatives, having taken office in 1993.
In September 2008, under the Cabinet of Prime Minister Tarō Asō, Hamada was appointed Minister of Defense. This was Hamada's first Cabinet position. He was appointed to the same position under the Cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in 2022.[1]
His father, Kōichi Hamada, also served in the House of Representatives.[2] [3]
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