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Takuya Tasso

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Takuya Tasso
達増 拓也
Governor of Iwate Prefecture
Assumed office
30 April 2007
Preceded byHiroya Masuda
Member of the House of Representatives
for Iwate 1st District
In office
21 October 1996 – 22 March 2007
Preceded byConstituency Established
Succeeded byTakeshi Shina
Personal details
Born (1964-06-10) 10 June 1964 (age 60)
Morioka, Iwate, Japan
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
New Frontier (1996–1998)
DPJ(98) 1998–2012)
People's Life First 2012-2012)
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo

Takuya Tasso (達増 拓也, Tasso Takuya, born 10 June 1964) is a Japanese politician and the current governor of Iwate Prefecture. He is a native of Morioka and graduate of the University of Tokyo.

Biography

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Tasso joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1988, receiving a master's degree in international relations from Johns Hopkins University in the United States while with the ministry. In 1996, he was elected to the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) for the first time as a member of the New Frontier Party and subsequently served as a diet member for the Democratic Party of Japan. He was first elected governor of Iwate prefecture in 2007 and as of 2012 is in his second four-year term.[1]

On July 9, 2012, he announced that he would sever his ties with the DPJ and join Putting People's Lives First, the new party led by Ichiro Ozawa.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Iwate gov. to part with DPJ, join Ozawa party". Yomiuri Shimbun. July 10, 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
  2. ^ "Iwate governor to part with DPJ and join Ozawa's planned party". Japan Times. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
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Political offices
Preceded by Governor of Iwate
2007–
Incumbent
House of Representatives (Japan)
New district Representative for Iwate 1st district
1996–2007
Vacant
Title next held by
Takeshi Shina