Keizo Takemi

Keizo Takemi (武見 敬三 Takemi Keizō, born 15 November 1951 in Tokyo) is a Japanese politician. He is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and was a member of the House of Councillors of Japan.

Career

Takemi used to be a professor of Tokai University whose main subject is international politics and was first elected to a member of the House of Councillors on 23 July 1995. He had been a member since then until July 2007 and Vice Minister of Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of the Abe Cabinet since September 2006 until August 2007. He was a tutor of the School of Politics for Women (女性のための政治スクール).

In 2006, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed Takemi to a High-level Panel on United Nations Systemwide Coherence, which was set up to explore how the United Nations system could work more coherently and effectively across the world in the areas of development, humanitarian assistance and the environment.[1]

Takemi narrowly lost the election in 2007.[2]

In March 2016, Takemi was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth, which was co-chaired by presidents François Hollande of France and Jacob Zuma of South Africa.[3]

Personal life

His father was Taro Takemi, president of the Japan Medical Association.

References

External links

Preceded by
Masao Akamatsu
Kiyoshi Nakano
Vice Minister of Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
September 2006 - August 2007
Succeeded by
Koichi Kishi
Kyoko Nishikawa
House of Councillors
Preceded by
Masako Ōkawara
Natsuo Yamaguchi
Kan Suzuki
Tamayo Marukawa
Ryūhei Kawada
Member of the House of Councillors from Tokyo
(Class of 1947/1953/.../2013)

2013–
Served alongside: Tamayo Marukawa, Natsuo Yamaguchi, Yoshiko Kira, Tarō Yamamoto
Incumbent
Preceded by
50-member district
Member of the House of Councillors by proprotional representation
(Class of 1947/1953/.../1995)

1995–2007
Served alongside: 49→47 others
Succeeded by
48-member district


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/17/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.