Makiko Tanaka

In 2001, he helped Koizumi become prime minister, so he became foreign minister. The following year, he was suspended for outspoken words. Therefore, the situation with the Liberal Democratic Party in power is at the same time. Later, he was expelled from the party by the Liberal Democratic Party authorities using a case involving an "empty secretary" claiming salary. However, Tanaka relied on his popularity and was re-elected as a non-partisan member of the House of Representatives. In 2012, he became Minister of Education, Culture, Science and Technology in Noda's cabinet. Her husband Naoki Tanaka also served as Minister of Defense. Tanaka didn't like to wear jewelry, so the makeup on his face was very light. He had a firm look and a classic face that was one size longer than Prince Charles. Her personality is more like a man than a man.

Tanaka Makiko was born on January 14, 1944. Her father was former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka. She went to the United States for further study while in high school, and then returned to Japan to study at Waseda University Business School. In 1969, she married Naoki Tanaka and had one son and two daughters. During Tanaka Kakuei's era, because her mother was ill and frail, the eldest daughter often attended foreign affairs activities, and was known as the "First Lady" of Japan in Tanaka Kakuei's era. When she was young, Makiko Tanaka was multi-talented and once dreamed of becoming an actress or a romantic poet. It was not until middle age that she suddenly woke up and found that only politics was closest to her, so she resolutely devoted herself to politics. She inherited Tanaka Kakuei's charm among Japanese people and his stubbornness. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 and served as Director of the Department of Science and Technology from June 1994 to August 1995. During the presidential election of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan held in mid-April 2001, in the 2001 party presidential election, Makiko Tanaka even used her reputation to support Koizumi's campaign everywhere. She was like the captain of Koizumi's "campaign cheerleader" and made great contributions to Koizumi's final election. The outspoken Makiko Tanaka once said a famous saying at the time: "I am Koizumi's 'political wife'. The friendship between the two can be seen. At the same time, because she was very popular among voters, she was able to join the Koizumi cabinet as an important cabinet member, becoming the first female foreign minister in Japanese history. However, with the passage of time, Makiko Tanaka advocated radical reform and pro-China diplomacy, and the contradiction between Koizumi's cabinet and Koizumi's political views intensified. He was dismissed in January 2002.

She is famous for her blunt speaking. As soon as she was elected to parliament, she dared to debate face to face with then-Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa, which attracted the attention of politicians. She sharply criticized the current situation of the ruling party and was once disciplined for it. In June 2002, the Liberal Democratic Party decided to suspend her party membership for two years at the Party Discipline Committee convened and asked her to resign as Minister of the Fifth District Branch of the House of Representatives of Niigata. The reason was that she ignored the cooperation requests of Liberal Democratic Party President Junichiro Koizumi and Secretary-General Taku Yamazaki and others, and refused to provide information on the salary of her secretary; second, she did not support the candidates nominated by the Liberal Democratic Party during the Senate by-election in the Niigata constituency held in her hometown at the end of April. The suspension of party membership means that during the punishment period, she cannot exercise her rights as a party member, participate in formal meetings of the Liberal Democratic Party, and have no right to elect the president of the Liberal Democratic Party. At the same time, if she catches the general election, she cannot run as a candidate recognized by the Liberal Democratic Party. In August 2002, she submitted her resignation to the House of Representatives and resigned as a member of the House of Representatives. In August 2003, he broke away from the Liberal Democratic Party. During this period, he was elected twice as a non-partisan in the 43rd and 44th House of Representatives elections in 2003 and 2005. Joined the Democratic Party on August 15, 2009. He was elected as a Democrat in the 45th general election for House members held on August 30, 2009. This is her fifth election to the House of Representatives since 1996.

On August 15, 2009, former Japanese Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka announced that she would join the Democratic Party, the largest opposition party, and would run as a Democratic Party candidate for the House of Representatives election to be held on the 30th. Makiko Tanaka, the eldest daughter of former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, is 65 years old (2009). In 2001, she helped Junichiro Koizumi ascend to the throne of President and Prime Minister of the Liberal Democratic Party. She was praised as the mother of the Koizumi regime. She herself became the foreign minister, but was dismissed by Koizumi in 2002. In 2003, she broke away from the Liberal Democratic Party and was elected to the House of Representatives as a non-partisan.

On October 1, 2012, Yoshihiko Noda reshuffled the Noda cabinet for the third time in an attempt to establish a political power with the joint efforts of the whole party. Therefore, he invited Makiko Tanaka, the daughter of former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, to join the cabinet. Served as Minister of Education, Culture and Science. to increase the popularity of the cabinet. His husband is Naoki Tanaka, former Defense Minister of Noda's second cabinet reshuffle. When she took office, Makiko Tanaka proposed that "comprehensive historical facts should be told to the next generation of Japan and let the people make their thinking and judgment." Otherwise, the next generation will not be able to form a clear view of history, and the Japanese will have no way to speak in the international community." In the 2012 House of Representatives election, Tanaka lost to Liberal Democratic Party candidate Tadami Nagashima and lost the constituency that the Tanaka family had operated in Niigata for more than 60 years. Tanaka expressed his dissatisfaction with Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's premature dissolution of the House of Representatives at a press conference after the last cabinet meeting before leaving office. He was severely criticized by Deputy Prime Minister Katsuya Okada for "the election results should be borne by himself."