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Bob Matsui
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| Chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee | |
| In office January 3, 2003 – January 1, 2005 |
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| Leader | Nancy Pelosi |
| Preceded by | Nita Lowey |
| Succeeded by | Rahm Emanuel |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California |
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| In office January 3, 1979 – January 1, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | John E. Moss |
| Succeeded by | Doris Matsui |
| Constituency | 3rd district (1979–1993) 5th district (1993–2005) |
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Robert Takeo Matsui
September 17, 1941 Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| Died | January 1, 2005 (aged 63) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Doris Okada |
| Children | 1 son |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA) University of California, Hastings (JD) |
Robert Takeo Matsui (September 17, 1941–January 1, 2005) was an American politician. He was the U.S. Representative for the 5th District of California.
Matsui was born in Sacramento, California. He comes from a Japanese-American family. He is Sansei, which means that he is the grandson of people born in Japan who immigrated to the US.
After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the Matsui family was interned Tule Lake War Relocation Center in 1942.
At the University of California, Berkeley, Matsui earned a BA in political science in 1963. He graduated from Hastings College of Law in 1966.
Matsui was the second Japanese American from the U.S. mainland elected to the US Congress. Also, he was the first Sansei congressman.
Death
Matsui entered Bethesda Naval Hospital on December 24, 2004 with pneumonia.It was a complication from Myelodysplastic syndrome, a rare stem cell disorder that causes an inability of the bone marrow to produce blood products, such as red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. He died of pneumonia on January 1, 2005
