Takenori Kanzaki

Takenori Kanzaki
President of the New Komeito Party
In office
7 November 1998 – 30 September 2006
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Akihiro Ota
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
In office
9 August 1993 – 28 April 1994
Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa
Preceded by Kiichi Miyazawa
Succeeded by Katsuyuki Hikasa
Personal details
Born 15 July 1943
Tianjin, Republic of China
Alma mater University of Tokyo

Takenori Kanzaki (神崎 武法, Kanzaki Takenori, born July 15, 1943) is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). He was born in Tianjin, China during the time part of China was under Japanese occupation. A graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1983. From August 1993 to April 1994, he served as Minister of Posts and Telecommunications in Morihiro Hosokawa's cabinet.

References

House of Representatives of Japan
New title
Introduction of proportional voting
 Representative for the Kyūshū proportional representation block
1996–2010
Served alongside: 20 others		 Succeeded by
Kiyohiko Tōyama
(Kōmeitō list replacement)
Preceded by
Taku Yamasaki
Yanosuke Narazaki
...		 Representative for Fukuoka 1st district
1983–1996
Served alongside: Taku Yamasaki, Seiichi Ōta, Ryū Matsumoto, ...		 District eliminated
Political offices
Preceded by
Kiichi Miyazawa		 Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
1993–1994 		Succeeded by
Katsuyuki Hikasa
Party political offices
Preceded by
Kōzō Watanabe		 Executive Council Chairman of the New Frontier Party
1996–1997 		Party dissolved
New political party President of Shintō Heiwa ("New Peace Party")
1998 		Merged into Kōmeitō
New political party President of (New) Kōmeitō ("Justice Party")
1998–2006 		Succeeded by
Akihiro Ōta
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