*anese politician

Hirotaka Akamatsu (赤松 広隆, Akamatsu Hirotaka, born May 3, 1948) is a *anese politician from the Cons*utional Democratic Party of *an, and served as the Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of *an from 2017 to 2021.

Life and career

with James Zumwalt (right)

A native of Nagoya and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the first of his three terms in the Aichi Prefectural *embly and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990 as a member of the *an Socialist Party.

He was appointed Minister of Agriculture in 2009. In April 2010, he skipped the traditional visit by legislators to Ise Jingu, opting instead to take a holiday in Mexico with his wife. While he was on vacation, *an suffered a large outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. His response to the outbreak was widely criticized and the Ministry of Agriculture apologized on his behalf on May 31. The Hatoyama government collapsed in June and Akamatsu was not reappointed.

Akamatsu is the current Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives. He was also previously Vice Speaker between 2012 and 2014.

References

• 政治家情報 〜赤松 広隆〜. ザ･選挙 (in *anese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-16.

External links

• Official website in *anese.