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Tadamori Ōshima
大島 理森
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Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office
21 April 2015 – 14 October 2021
Monarch Akihito
Naruhito
Deputy
  • Tatsuo Kawabata
  • Hirotaka Akamatsu
Preceded by Nobutaka Machimura
Succeeded by Hiroyuki Hosoda
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
In office
30 September 2002 – 1 April 2003
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
Preceded by Tsutomu Takebe
Succeeded by Yoshiyuki Kamei
Minister of Education and Director-General of the Science and Technology Agency
In office
4 July 2000 – 5 December 2000
Prime Minister Yoshirō Mori
Preceded by Hirofumi Nakasone
Succeeded by Nobutaka Machimura
Director-General of the Environmental Agency
In office
8 August 1995 – 11 January 1996
Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama
Preceded by Sohei Miyashita
Succeeded by Sukio Iwatare
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
In office
2 February 1990 – 5 November 1991
Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu
Preceded by Takao Fujimoto
Succeeded by Motoji Kondo
Personal details
Born (1946-09-06) 6 September 1946 (age 77)
Hachinohe, Japan
Political party Liberal Democratic Party
Alma mater Keio University

Tadamori Ōshima (Japanese: 大島 理森, Hepburn: Ōshima Tadamori, born September 6, 1946) is a Japanese politician served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan from 2015 to 2021. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he previously served as the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. He is affiliated to the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi.

Career

Tomiichi Murayama Cabinet 19950808
With members of Murayama Reshuffled Cabinet (at the Prime Minister's Official Residence on August 8, 1995)

A native of Hachinohe, Aomori and graduate of Keio University, he worked at the national newspaper Mainichi Shimbun from 1970 to 1974, and was elected to the Aomori Prefectural Assembly in 1975. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1983 after an unsuccessful run in 1980.

After his political career, he was appointed as a member of the Yokozuna Deliberation Council in January 2023.

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