Takashi Sasagawa

Takashi Sasagawa
笹川 堯
Sasagawa in 2008
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
8 July 1986 – 21 July 2009
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byTakashi Ishizeki
ConstituencyFormer Gunma 2nd (1986–1996)
Gunma 2nd (1996–2009)
Personal details
Born (1935-10-05) 5 October 1935 (age 89)
Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Other political
affiliations		New Frontier (1994–1997)
Parent
Alma materMeiji University

Takashi Sasagawa (笹川 堯, Sasagawa Takashi, born October 5, 1935) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Bunkyō, Tokyo and dropout from Meiji University, he was elected for the first time in 1986 after two unsuccessful runs in 1972 and 1983. In 1993 he left the LDP and participated in the formation of the New Frontier Party in the following year. In 1996 he left the New Frontier Party, rejoining the LDP in the following year. From 2000 to 2001 he was Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy in the cabinet of Yoshirō Mori.[1]

On September 30, 2008, as LDP General Affairs Council Chairman, Takashi Sasagawa suggested that the US House of Representatives rejected a bailout plan because House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is a woman.[2]

He is the second son of the businessman, politician and philanthropist Ryōichi Sasakawa.[3]

References

  1. ^ "森 喜朗". kantei.go.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  2. ^ [NIKKEI, YOMIURI, ASAHI]
  3. ^ "Sasakawa family". keibatsugaku.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 June 2022.


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