Takeaki Matsumoto
| Takeaki Matsumoto | |
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| 松本 剛明 | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 9 March 2011 – 2 September 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Naoto Kan |
| Preceded by | Yukio Edano (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Kōichirō Gemba |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
25 April 1959 Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Democratic Party (1998–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
Independent (Before 1998) |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
Takeaki Matsumoto (松本 剛明 Matsumoto Takeaki?, born April 25, 1959) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, who is the Minister of Foreign Affairs. A native of Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 after running unsuccessfully as an independent in 1996.
Matsumoto is a great great grandson of Itō Hirobumi, the first Prime Minister of Japan. Matsumoto's father, Juro Matsumoto, was a senior member of the Liberal Democratic Party and was the Minister of Defense from August 1989 to February 1990. Matsumoto was selected as Foreign Minister of Japan in 2011 by Prime Minister Naoto Kan, after the resignation of his predecessor, Seiji Maehara.
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