Hiromu Nonaka
Hiromu Nonaka (Japanese野 中 広 务, Hiromu Nonaka, born October 20, 1925 in Sonobe, Funai County (now Nantan ), Kyoto Prefecture) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP).
Biography
Nonaka Hiromu, who saw himself exposed by virtue of belonging to the Burakumin discrimination, began his political career in 1950 with the election of the city council in his hometown of Sonobe. At times, he was Deputy Speaker and Speaker of the City Council before he was elected in 1958 as mayor of Sonobe. During this time he was Vice - Chairman of the Association of municipalities and villages, and the Tax Commission of the Government, inter alia, for some time.
In 1967 he was first a member of the Kyoto Prefecture Parliament. There he began his political analysis of the long-time SPJ - CPY -supported governor of the prefecture, Ninagawa Torazo that ultimately helped that this was voted out in 1978. Under Ninagawa Yukio Hayashida successor Nonaka 1978 Lieutenant Governor of Kyoto.
He was also in the 1970s, founder and operator of the first nursing home in Japan for people with severe mental disabilities.
In 1983 he was elected at a by-election in the constituency of Kyoto II ( five seats, two by-elections ) with the second highest share of the vote behind Tanigaki Sadakazu as representatives of the LDP for deputies in the lower house ( Shūgiin ) and initially belonged thereby to Takeshita faction, the later faction Keizo Obuchi to.
During this time he was in 1988 Parliamentary Vice - Minister of Construction and after 1991 Chairman of the Communications Committee of the House. After that, he was from 1993 to 1994 chairman of the building committee and also chairman of the Budget Committee of the House of Commons.
On June 30, 1994, he was appointed by Prime Minister Murayama Tomiichi as interior minister ( Jichi - daijin ) in his cabinet. He was also Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission during this time.
After his resignation from the Cabinet in 1995 he became Deputy Secretary General ( kanjichō - dairi ) of the LDP and Director of General Affairs in the Strategic campaign headquarters of the LDP.
After the assumption of office as Prime Minister Obuchi, he was appointed from that on 30 July 1998 on the Cabinet Secretary in the Cabinet, and held this position until his replacement by Mikio Aoki at the end of Obuchis term of office on October 5, 1999. According to a government reshuffle on 14 January 1999 he was at the same time until October 5, 1999 Head of the Authority for the development of Okinawa ( Okinawa Kaihatsu -chō ).
Later he was from April to December 2000 Secretary General of the LDP under Mori Yoshirō. He supported Mori to defeat the so-called " Katō Rebellion " by Koichi Katō against the party leadership.
As Yoshirō Mori resigned on 26 April 2001 as prime minister, he was one of the candidates for the possible successor, he gives not a candidate and ultimately selected Jun'ichirô Koizumi as party leader and Prime Minister was so new.
After his retirement from the politics of the day, he was a guest lecturer ( kyōju kyakuin, English Lecturer ) at the " Heian Women's University " ( Heian Jogakuin Daigaku, Eng. Heian Jogakuin University).
He is married and has one daughter.