Tokuo Yamashita

Tokou Yamashita
山下徳夫
Tokou Yamashita ; 山下徳夫
Minister of Health and Welfare
	In office; 5 November 1991 – 12 December 1992
Prime Minister	Kiichi Miyazawa
Preceded by	Shinichiro Shimojo
Succeeded by	Yuya Niwa
Chief Cabinet Secretary
	In office; 10 August 1989 – 26 August 1989
Prime Minister	Toshiki Kaifu
Preceded by	Masajuro Shiokawa
Succeeded by	Mayumi Moriyama
Head of the Management and Coordination Agency
	In office; 26 January 1986 – 6 November 1987
Prime Minister	Yasuhiro Nakasone
Preceded by	Kazuo Tamaki
Succeeded by	Osamu Takatori
Minister of Transport
	In office; 1 November 1984 – 28 December 1985
Prime Minister	Yasuhiro Nakasone
Preceded by	Gichizo Hosoda
Succeeded by	Hiroshi Mitsuzuka
Personal details
Born	7 October 1919; Imari, Empire of Japan
Died	1 January 2014 (aged 94); Imari, Saga, Japan
Alma mater	Meiji University ; Senshu University

Tokuo Yamashita (山下徳夫, Yamashita Tokuo, 7 October 1919 – 1 January 2014) was a Japanese politician.

Life

Born in Imari, and a graduate of Fukuoka Middle School (present-day Fukuoka Prefectural Fukuoka High School), he studied law first at Meiji University and then at Senshu University, graduating in 1944.

After honing his skills as a politician in the Saga Prefectural Assembly (where he eventually became speaker), he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1969 on a ticket from the Liberal Democratic Party. After that, he won reelection ten times in a row. In Yasuhiro Nakasone's second cabinet, he was named Transport minister. In Nakasone's third cabinet he was to lead the Management and Coordination Agency.

In Toshiki Kaifu's first cabinet he was named Chief Cabinet Secretary, but had to resign after only 16 days due to a sex scandal.[1]

In Kiichi Miyazawa's cabinet he was Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare.[2]

Between 1988 and 2003 he was chairperson of the board of trustees of his alma mater, Senshu University.

He retired from national politics in 2000, but remained an adviser for the Saga branch of the LDP.

He died in Imari on 1 January 2014.[3]

References

"Sex scandal forces out key official". The Register Guard, Eugene, Oregon. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
山下徳夫氏死去＝元官房長官 (in Japanese). Jiji Press. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
山下徳夫元厚相が死去国鉄民営化に尽力 (in Japanese). Kyodo. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.

Political offices
Preceded by Kichizo Hosoda	Minister of Transportation 1984–1985	Succeeded by Hiroshi Mitsuzuka
Preceded by Kazuo Tamaki	Director General of the Management and Coordination Agency 1987	Succeeded by Osamu Takatori
Preceded by Masajuro Shiokawa	Chief Cabinet Secretary 1989	Succeeded by Mayumi Moriyama
Preceded by Shinichiro Shimojo	Minister of Health and Welfare 1991–1992	Succeeded by Yuya Niwa
House of Representatives of Japan
Preceded by Nobuyuki Hanashi	Chair, Social and Labour Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives of Japan 1980–1981	Succeeded by Shunjiro Karasawa
Preceded by Yataro Mitsubayashi	Chair, Transportation Committee of the House of Representatives of Japan 1986	Succeeded by Michihiko Kano
Preceded by Hikosaburo Okonogi	Chair, Rules and Administration Committee of the House of Representatives of Japan 1990–1991	Succeeded by Yoshirō Mori

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[1] "Sex scandal forces out key official". The Register Guard, Eugene, Oregon. Retrieved 3 January 2014.

[2] 山下徳夫氏死去＝元官房長官 (in Japanese). Jiji Press. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.

[3] 山下徳夫元厚相が死去国鉄民営化に尽力 (in Japanese). Kyodo. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.