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Shusei Tanaka

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Shūsei Tanaka (田中秀征, Tanaka Shũsei, born 30 September 1940) is a Japanese politician.

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He was first elected to the House of Representatives in the 1972 general election and represented the Nagano Prefecture first district. Following a revamp of the electoral system, he lost his seat to Kenji Kosaka in the 1996 general election.

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with members of First Hashimoto Cabinet (at the Prime Minister's Official Residence on January 11, 1996)

He was born in present-day Nagano City. Originally a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he co-founded New Party Sakigake in 1993 and served as a senior advisor to Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa from 1993 to 1994. He later returned to the LDP and served as Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency under Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto.[1] Tanaka again served as a policy advisor to Hosokawa during his bid for Governor of Tokyo in the 2014 gubernatorial election.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Tanaka, Shusei (5 June 2012). "Frustrated with two major parties, voters will search carefully for third option". The Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  2. ^ "細川氏出馬、旧政権メンバーが再結集 都知事選". 日本経済新聞. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.