Takeaki Matsumoto

Takeaki Matsumoto
Takeaki Matsumoto
松本剛明
	Official portrait, 2012
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
	In office; 14 December 2023 – 1 October 2024
Prime Minister	Fumio Kishida
Preceded by	Junji Suzuki
Succeeded by	Seiichiro Murakami
	In office; 21 November 2022 – 13 September 2023
Prime Minister	Fumio Kishida
Preceded by	Minoru Terada
Succeeded by	Junji Suzuki
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 9 March 2011 – 2 September 2011
Prime Minister	Naoto Kan
Preceded by	Seiji Maehara; Yukio Edano (acting)
Succeeded by	Kōichirō Gemba
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 26 June 2000 – 23 January 2026
Preceded by	Tōru Toida
Succeeded by	Motoyasu Yamada
Constituency	Hyōgo 11th (2000–2005); Kinki PR (2005–2009); Hyōgo 11th (2009–2026)
Personal details
Born	25 April 1959; Tokyo, Japan
Died	27 July 2026 (aged 67); Tokyo, Japan
Party	LDP (since 2017)
Other political; affiliations	Independent (before 1998; 2015–2017); DPJ (1998–2015)
Education	University of Tokyo

Takeaki Matsumoto (松本剛明, Matsumoto Takeaki; 25 April 1959 – 27 July 2026) was a Japanese politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs in 2011. A native of Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 after running unsuccessfully as an independent in 1996.

Life and career

Matsumoto was a great-great-grandson of Itō Hirobumi, the first Prime Minister of Japan. Matsumoto's father, Juro Matsumoto, was a senior member of the Liberal Democratic Party and was the Minister of Defense from August 1989 to February 1990.^[1] Matsumoto was selected as Foreign Minister of Japan in 2011 by Prime Minister Naoto Kan, after the resignation of his predecessor, Seiji Maehara, only two days before the 11 March earthquake and tsunami and subsequent Fukushima I nuclear disaster.

In 2015 Matsumoto left the DPJ citing the party's opposition to the 2015 Japanese military legislation and cooperation with the JCP. Before the 2017 elections he joined the Liberal Democratic Party.

In November 2022, Matsumoto was appointed by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to be Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, replacing Minoru Terada who had resigned the previous day.^[2]

Matsumoto died from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Tokyo, on 27 July 2026, at the age of 67.^[3]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Takeaki Matsumoto

2. Jūrō Matsumoto

1. Takeaki Matsumoto

6. Keinosuke Fujii

3. Etsuko Fujii

14. Nishi Genshirō

7. Seiko Nishi

30. Itō Hirobumi

15. Asako Itō

References

政治家情報〜松本剛明〜. www.senkyo.janjan.jp ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 3 December 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2007.

↑ "Matsumoto to be Japan's new foreign minister". Kyodo News. 9 March 2011. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
↑ "PM Kishida taps Takeaki Matsumoto as new internal affairs minister". Kyodo News. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
↑ "Ex-Japan Foreign Min. Takeaki Matsumoto Dies at 67". Nippon. 27 July 2026. Retrieved 30 July 2026.

External links

Official website in Japanese.

[1] "Matsumoto to be Japan's new foreign minister". Kyodo News. 9 March 2011. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2011.

[2] "PM Kishida taps Takeaki Matsumoto as new internal affairs minister". Kyodo News. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.

[3] "Ex-Japan Foreign Min. Takeaki Matsumoto Dies at 67". Nippon. 27 July 2026. Retrieved 30 July 2026.

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