What is Yasukazu Hamada?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Yasukazu Hamada | native_name = {{nobold|浜田 靖一}} | native_name_lang = ja | office = [[Minister of Defense (Japan)|Minister of Defence]] | image = Yasukazu Hamada 20220810 (cropped).jpg | image_size = 220px | term_start = 10 August 2022 | term_end = 13 September 2024 | primeminister = [[Fumio Kishida]] | predecessor = [[Nobuo Kishi]] | successor = [[Minoru Kihara (politician)|Minoru Kihara]] | primeminister1 = [[Tarō Asō]] | term_start1 = 24 September 2008 | term_end1 = 16 September 2009 | predecessor1 = [[Yoshimasa Hayashi]] | successor1 = [[Toshimi Kitazawa]] | office2 = [[House of Representatives (Japan)|Member of the House of Representives]] | term_start2 = 18 July 1993 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|10|21|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Futtsu]], Japan | party = [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] | alma_mater = [[Senshu University]] }} {{nihongo|'''Yasukazu Hamada'''|浜田 靖一|Hamada Yasukazu|extra=born 21 October 1955}} is a Japanese politician. He was the [[Minister of Defense (Japan)|Minister of Defense]] from August 2022 to September 2024. He was in this role before from 2008 to 2009. He is a member of the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]]. He is also in the [[House of Representatives of Japan|House of Representatives]] since 1993.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/diet/profile/0000/00000106.html |script-title=ja:政治家情報 〜浜田 靖一〜 |work=ザ･選挙 |publisher=[[JANJAN]] |access-date=2007-10-11 |language=ja}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamada, Yasukazu}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1955 births]] [[Category:Politicians from Chiba Prefecture]] [[Category:Defense ministers of Japan]] {{bio-stub}}