Masaharu Nakagawa (House of Representatives)

Masaharu Nakagawa (中川 正春, Nakagawa Masaharu; born 10 June 1950) is a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party. A native of Matsusaka, Mie and graduate of Georgetown University in the United States he was elected for the first time in 1996 after serving in the local assembly of Mie Prefecture. In September 2011 he was appointed as Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in the cabinet of newly appointed prime minister Yoshihiko Noda.^[1][2]

Yoshiaki Takaki
中川 正春
Official portrait, 2011
Minister of State for Disaster Management
In office 1 February 2012 – 1 October 2012
Prime Minister	Yoshihiko Noda
Preceded by	Tatsuo Hirano
Succeeded by	Mikio Shimoji
Minister of State for the New Public Commons
In office 1 February 2012 – 1 October 2012
Prime Minister	Yoshihiko Noda
Preceded by	Katsuya Okada
Succeeded by	Ikko Nakatsuka
Minister of State for Gender Equality
In office 1 February 2012 – 1 October 2012
Prime Minister	Yoshihiko Noda
Preceded by	Katsuya Okada
Succeeded by	Ikko Nakatsuka
Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate
In office 10 February 2012 – 23 April 2012
Prime Minister	Yoshihiko Noda
Preceded by	Katsuya Okada
Succeeded by	Yoko Komiyama
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
In office 2 September 2011 – 13 January 2012
Prime Minister	Yoshihiko Noda
Preceded by	Yoshiaki Takaki
Succeeded by	Hirofumi Hirano
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 21 October 1996 – 9 October 2024
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Multi-member district
Constituency	Mie 2nd (1996–2021) Tōkai PR (2021–2024)
Member of the Mie Prefectural Assembly
In office 1983–1995
Constituency	Matsusaka City
Personal details
Born	(1950-06-10) 10 June 1950 (age 75) Matsusaka, Mie, Japan
Political party	CDP (since 2017)
Other political affiliations	LDP (before 1992) JNP (1992–1994) NFP (1994–1997) Independent (1997–1998) GGP (1998) DPJ (1998–2016) DP (2016–2017)
Alma mater	Georgetown University