Ikuo Yamahana
Ikuo Yamahana | |
|---|---|
山花 郁夫 | |
 Official portrait, 2012 | |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 23 October 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Multi-member district |
| Constituency | Tokyo PR (2017–2024) Tokyo 22nd (2024–present) |
| In office 30 August 2009 – 16 November 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Tatsuya Ito |
| Succeeded by | Tatsuya Itō |
| Constituency | Tokyo 22nd |
| In office 26 June 2000 – 8 August 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Tatsuya Ito |
| Succeeded by | Tatsuya Ito |
| Constituency | Tokyo 22nd |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 山花 郁夫 (Ikuo Yamahana) 18 January 1967 Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | CDP (since 2017) |
| Other political affiliations | |
| Alma mater | Ritsumeikan University |
Ikuo Yamahana (Japanese: 山花 郁夫, Hepburn: Yamahana Ikuo, born January 18, 1967) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, who serves as a member of House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
Political career
Yamahana is the son of the former chairman of the Japanese Socialist Party, Sadao Yamahana. He started his political career as a secretary to then-Diet member and future Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.
Yamahana has only run in Tokyo's 22nd district for all his parliamentary career and represented it several times. He lost his seat twice in the LDP landslides of 2005 and 2012. After 2 unsuccessful runs to regain his seat in 2012 and 2014, Yamahana managed to return to the Diet in the 2017 election via the Tokyo proportional representation block. While losing the race for the Tokyo-22nd seat, he gained enough votes to be returned through the CDP's list in the Tokyo block.[1]
Yamahana served as Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Naoto Kan and as Deputy Justice Minister in the cabinet of Yoshihiko Noda.
See also
References
- ^ 小選挙区開票速報：東京都（定数25） (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
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