| Takeo Kawamura | |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Order: | Chief Cabinet Secretary |
| Primeminister: | Tarō Asō |
| Term Start: | 24 September 2008 |
| Term End: | 16 September 2009 |
| Predecessor: | Nobutaka Machimura |
| Successor: | Hirofumi Hirano |
| Order1: | Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
| Term Start1: | 22 September 2003 |
| Term End1: | 27 September 2004 |
| Primeminister1: | Junichiro Koizumi |
| Predecessor1: | Atsuko Tōyama |
| Successor1: | Nariaki Nakayama |
| Birth Date: | 10 November 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Hagi, Yamaguchi, Japan |
is a Japanese politician from the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as Chief Cabinet Secretary from 2008 to 2009, and a member of the House of Representatives from 1990 to 2021, representing the Yamaguchi 3rd district.
A native of Hagi, Yamaguchi and graduate of Keio University, he worked at Seibu Oil from 1967 to 1976. Kawamura then entered politics and served four terms in the Yamaguchi Prefecture assembly from 1976, followed by his election to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990.
Kawamura served for a time as Minister of Education, Science and Technology under Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. In the Cabinet of Prime Minister Taro Aso, Kawamura was appointed as Chief Cabinet Secretary on September 24, 2008.[1] He also served as Minister of State for Abduction issues in the Aso Cabinet, and as Chairman of the LDP's Election Strategy Committee.[2]