Tetsuzo Fuwa

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Tetsuzo Fuwa
不破 哲三
Fuwa in 1967
Chairman of the Central Committee of the Japanese Communist Party
In office 24 November 2000 – 14 January 2006
Preceded by	Kenji Miyamoto (1997)
Succeeded by	Kazuo Shii (2024)
Chairman of the Japanese Communist Party
In office 29 May 1989 – 24 November 2000
Preceded by	Hiromu Murakami
Succeeded by	Kazuo Shii
In office 31 July 1982 – 29 November 1987
Preceded by	Kenji Miyamoto
Succeeded by	Hiromu Murakami
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 29 December 1969 – 10 October 2003
Constituency	Tokyo proportional representation block
Personal details
Born	(1930-01-26) 26 January 1930 (age 94) Nakano, Japan
Political party	Japanese Communist Party
Occupation	Politician and staff of the political party

Tetsuzo Fuwa (不破 哲三, Fuwa Tetsuzō, born 26 January 1930 in Tokyo) is the pen name of Kenjiro Ueda (上田 建二郎, Ueda Kenjirō),^[1] a member^[2] and the former chair of the Japanese Communist Party.^[3] He is a graduate of Tokyo University.^[4] He joined the Communist Party in 1947, and was elected to the House of Representatives in 1969.^[1]