Kansei Nakano
14 January 2011 – 2 September 2011
19 November 2003 – 8 August 2005
for Osaka 8th District
5 December 1976 – 16 December 2012
Nagasaki, Japan
Kansei Nakano (中野 寛成, Nakano Kansei, born November 26, 1940) is a Japanese politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party of Japan and the Vice-Speaker of the Lower House of the Diet.
Nakano was born in 1940 in Nagasaki. At age four, he experienced the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. In 1963, he graduated from the Law Department of Kansai University.
Beginning his time at university in 1960, Nakano joined the Democratic Socialist Party. After being elected three times to the Toyonaka city council, he was elected to the Diet in 1976.
In 1994, Nakano joined the New Frontier Party and served as Chair of the Policy Inquiry Commission. Upon the collapse of the party, Nakano formed the New Fraternity Party, which eventually merged with other liberal parties to form the Democratic Party of Japan. He represented the Osaka 8 electoral district until 2012, when he lost to Nippon Ishin no Kai candidate Tomohiko Kinoshita.
Note: As part of Diet custom, the Speaker and Vice-Speaker of the House must formally secede from their party. For this reason, Nakano is sometimes referred to as an independent in official Diet information. In practice he remains a member of the DPJ.
References
- Imidas 2005 Japanese Almanac ISBN 4-08-100019-0
- Japanese Politics Central at the University of Virginia
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by | Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission 2011 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Minister of State for the Abduction Issue 2011 | |
Preceded by Renhō (Murata) | Minister of State for Civil Service Reform 2011 | Succeeded by Renhō (Murata) |
House of Representatives (Japan) | ||
New district | Representative for Ōsaka 8th district 1996–2005 2009–2012 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Succeeded by Tomohiko Kinoshita | |
Preceded by MMC | Representative for Ōsaka 3rd district (multi-member) 1976–1996 Served alongside: Osamu Fujimura, Mikio Ōmi, Issei Inoue, Ken Harada, others | District eliminated |
Preceded by Kozo Watanabe | Vice-Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan 2003–2005 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by Sadao Ioku | Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee of House of Representatives of Japan 2000–2001 | Succeeded by |
Party political offices | ||
Preceded by | Secretary General of the Democratic Party 2002 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by Eisei Itō | Policy Affairs Chief of the Democratic Party 1999 | Succeeded by |
New political party | President of New Fraternity Party 1998 | merged into Democratic Party |
Preceded by | Diet Affairs Chief of the New Frontier Party 1997 | dissolved |