Masahiko Yamada Explained

Masahiko Yamada
Native Name Lang:ja
Office:Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Primeminister:Yukio Hatoyama
Naoto Kan
Term Start:2009
Term End:2010
Predecessor:Motohiko Kondō
Noritoshi Ishida
Successor:Akira Gunji
Takashi Shinohara
Birth Date:8 April 1942
Birth Place:Fukue, Nagasaki, Japan
Alma Mater:Waseda University

is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Fukue, Nagasaki, a Roman Catholic, and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 after unsuccessful runs in 1979, 1986 and 1990. Before running for office, he worked as a rancher and a lawyer.

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