Yoshiaki Takaki

Yoshiaki Takaki (高木 義明, Takaki Yoshiaki, born December 22, 1945) is a former Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi and high-school graduate he was elected to the Diet for the first time in 1990 after serving in the union executive and local assemblies for 15 years.

Yoshiaki Takaki
高木 義明
Official portrait, 2010
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
In office 17 September 2010 – 2 September 2011
Prime Minister	Naoto Kan
Preceded by	Tatsuo Kawabata
Succeeded by	Masaharu Nakagawa
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 1990 – 28 September 2017
Constituency	Old Nagasaki 1st (1990–1996) Kyushu PR (1996–2000) New Nagasaki 1st (2000–2012) Kyushu PR (2012–2017)
Member of the Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly
In office April 1987 – January 1990
Constituency	Nagasaki City
Member of the Nagasaki City Assembly
In office April 1975 – April 1987
Personal details
Born	(1945-12-22) 22 December 1945 Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
Political party	DPP
Other political affiliations	DSP New Frontier New Fraternity DPJ DP

Honours

• Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (2018)

References

• 政治家情報 〜高木 義明〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on December 3, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-02.

External links

• Official website in Japanese.