Tadahiro Matsushita, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Japanese politician
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Place of Birth: Sendai, Japan
About Tadahiro Matsushita
- Tadahiro Matsushita (?? ??, Matsushita Tadahiro, 9 February 1939 – 10 September 2012) was a Japanese politician and five-time member of the House of Representatives of Japan.
- He served in government from 1962 when he joined the Ministry of Construction to 2012.
- At the time of his death, he was the Minister of State for Financial Services. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1993, and was re-elected to four consecutive terms.
- However, when he failed to support postal privatization, the leaders of his party, the Liberal Democratic Party, refused to support his 2005 campaign.
- As a result, he dropped out of the race.
- He returned to run again in 2009, this time as a member of a smaller group, the recently founded People's New Party.
- He won his election, and for the rest of his life was one of only three members of his party to hold a seat in the House.
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