Toshikatsu Matsuoka
| Toshikatsu Matsuoka | |
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| 松岡 利勝 | |
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | |
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In office 26 September 2006 – 28 May 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Succeeded by | Masatoshi Wakabayashi (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 February 1945 Aso, Kumamoto, Japan |
| Died | 28 May 2007 (aged 62) Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | Tottori University |
Toshikatsu Matsuoka (松岡 利勝 Matsuoka Toshikatsu?, 25 February 1945 – 28 May 2007) was a Japanese politician. He served as the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from 26 September 2006 under the Abe cabinet. He committed suicide in 2007 in the middle of a financial scandal.
He was born in Aso, Kumamoto, Kyūshū on 25 February 1945. His family were farmers. After graduating from high school in Kumamoto city, he joined Tottori University in Tottori Prefecture and studied agricultural science. He graduated in 1969.
After graduation, Matsuoka joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. In 1990, he resigned as the spokesman of the Forestry Agency and ran for the Kumamoto first constituency in the parliamentary election. He won this election and later joined the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Matsuoka was a member of the political faction headed by Shizuka Kamei in LDP. Kamei was one of the fiercest opponents of the postal privatisation bills proposed by then prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, and Kamei and most of his faction defected from the LDP in 2005. Matsuoka stood with Koizumi, and after the general election he was appointed as a member of the special committee for the privatisation of the postal system.
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