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Nobutaka Machimura
Junior Second Rank Nobutaka Machimura | |
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町村 信孝 | |
 Official portrait, 2005 | |
| Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 24 December 2014 – 21 April 2015 | |
| Monarch | Akihito |
| Preceded by | Bunmei Ibuki |
| Succeeded by | Tadamori Oshima |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | |
| In office 26 September 2007 – 24 September 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Yasuo Fukuda |
| Preceded by | Kaoru Yosano |
| Succeeded by | Takeo Kawamura |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 27 August 2007 – 26 September 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Tarō Asō |
| Succeeded by | Masahiko Kōmura |
| In office 27 September 2004 – 21 September 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Junichiro Koizumi |
| Preceded by | Yoriko Kawaguchi |
| Succeeded by | Tarō Asō |
| Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | |
| In office 6 January 2001 – 26 April 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Yoshirō Mori |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Toyama Atsuko |
| Minister of Education, Science, Sports and Culture | |
| In office 5 December 2000 – 6 January 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Yoshirō Mori |
| Preceded by | Tadamori Ōshima |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| In office 11 September 1997 – 30 July 1998 | |
| Prime Minister | Ryutaro Hashimoto |
| Preceded by | Takashi Kosugi |
| Succeeded by | Akito Arima |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 25 October 2010 – 1 June 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Chiyomi Kobayashi |
| Succeeded by | Yoshiaki Wada |
| Constituency | Hokkaido 5th |
| In office 19 December 1983 – 1 October 2010 | |
| Constituency | Hokkaido 1st (1983–1996) Hokkaido 5th (1996–2009) Hokkaido PR (2009–2010) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 October 1944 Numazu, Japan |
| Died | 1 June 2015 (aged 70) Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo Wesleyan University |
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Nobutaka Machimura (町村 信孝, Machimura Nobutaka, 17 October 1944 – 1 June 2015) was a Japanese politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives of Japan and a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.[1] He was Chief Cabinet Secretary in the government of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda from 2007 to 2008 and twice Minister for Foreign Affairs, in the cabinets of Junichiro Koizumi and Shinzō Abe. He resigned as the Speaker of the House of Representatives on 21 April 2015 after suffering from a stroke.[2]
- ^ "Profile of Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura", Foreign Ministry website.
- ^ "Lower House approves Machimura's resignation, selects Oshima as successor". The Japan Times. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
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