Sadakazu Tanigaki

Sadakazu Tanigaki
Sadakazu Tanigaki
谷垣禎一
	Official portrait, 2009
Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party
	In office; 3 September 2014 – 3 August 2016
President	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Shigeru Ishiba
Succeeded by	Toshihiro Nikai
Minister of Justice
	In office; 26 December 2012 – 3 September 2014
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Makoto Taki
Succeeded by	Midori Matsushima
Leader of the Opposition
	In office; 28 September 2009 – 26 September 2012
Prime Minister	Yukio Hatoyama; Naoto Kan; Yoshihiko Noda
Preceded by	Yukio Hatoyama
Succeeded by	Shinzō Abe
President of the Liberal Democratic Party
	In office; 28 September 2009 – 26 September 2012
Vice President	Tadamori Oshima
Preceded by	Tarō Asō
Succeeded by	Shinzo Abe
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
	In office; 2 August 2008 – 24 September 2008
Prime Minister	Yasuo Fukuda
Preceded by	Tetsuzo Fuyushiba
Succeeded by	Nariaki Nakayama
Minister of Finance
	In office; 22 September 2003 – 26 September 2006
Prime Minister	Junichiro Koizumi
Preceded by	Masajuro Shiokawa
Succeeded by	Kōji Omi
Personal details
Born	7 March 1945 (age 79); Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, Japanese Empire
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party
Alma mater	University of Tokyo
Website	Official website

Sadakazu Tanigaki (谷垣禎一, Tanigaki Sadakazu, born 7 March 1945) is a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1983 to 2016, as Minister of Finance from 2003 to 2006, as President of the Liberal Democratic Party and Leader of the Opposition from 2009 to 2012, as Minister of Justice from 2012 to 2014, and as LDP Secretary-General from 2014 to 2016. He was only the second LDP leader who was not simultaneously Prime Minister of Japan. He retired from politics following a spinal cord injury in 2016 that saw him using a wheelchair.