Tsutomu Takebe

Tsutomu Takebe
Tsutomu Takebe
武部勤
	Official portrait, 2001
Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party
	In office; September 2004 – September 2006
President	Junichiro Koizumi
Preceded by	Shinzo Abe
Succeeded by	Hidenao Nakagawa
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
	In office; 26 April 2001 – 30 September 2002
Prime Minister	Junichiro Koizumi
Preceded by	Yoshio Yatsu
Succeeded by	Tadamori Oshima
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 7 July 1986 – 16 November 2012
Constituency	Hokkaido 5th (1986–1996); Hokkaido 12th (1996–2009); Hokkaido PR (2009–2012)
Member of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly
	In office; 30 April 1971 – 2 December 1983
Constituency	Abashiri City
Personal details
Born	1 May 1941 (age 83); Shari, Hokkaido, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Alma mater	Waseda University

Tsutomu Takebe (武部勤^[1], Takebe Tsutomu, born May 1, 1941 in Shari, Hokkaidō) is a Japanese politician who served as secretary general of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party^[2] from 2004^[3] to 2006. He was succeeded by Hidenao Nakagawa.^[4]

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