Masatada Tsuchiya

Masatada Tsuchiya (土屋 正忠 Tsuchiya Masatada) is a Japanese politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives of Japan since the September 2005 general election. He resigned his position as mayor of Musashino, Tokyo in order to run against the Deputy President of the Democratic Party of Japan, Naoto Kan, for the seat of Tokyo Constituency No. 18. Although he lost in the run-off, he was still elected under the party-list proportional representation system. At age 63, he was the oldest among the 83 currently serving Liberal Democratic Party members upon election.

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House of Representatives of Japan
Preceded by
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Member of the House of Representatives from
Tokyo PR block

2005–2009
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
Naoto Kan
Member of the House of Representatives from
Tokyo 18th district (single-member)

2012–
Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
Masanobu Fujimoto
Mayor of Musashino
1983–2005
Succeeded by
Morimasa Murakami
Preceded by
Kazuo Yoshino
(Mayor of Fuchū)
Chairman of the conference of Tokyo's city mayors
1996–1998
Succeeded by
Chiaki Usui
(Mayor of Tama)


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