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Gen Nakatani

Politician

Gen Nakatani is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Gen Nakatani · Nakatani Gen · Гэн Накатани · Ґен Накатані · Գեն Նակատանի · 5 more...				[sources]
Other name	Gen Nakatani · Накатани, Гэн · なかたにげん · 中谷元 · 中谷元君 · 1 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1957-10-14				[sources]
Place of birth	Kochi · Kochi City, Kochi				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Japan				[sources]
Country	Japan				[sources]
Citizenship	Japan				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Gen				[sources]
Last name	Nagatani · Nakatani				[sources]
Political association	Liberal Democratic Party				[sources]
Website	www.nakatanigen.com · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q5530859				[sources]
Position	Director General of the Defence Agency (2001-2002) · Minister of Defense · Minister of Defense of Japan (2014-2016) · Minister of Defense of Japan (2024-) · Minister of Defense of Japan (2024-2024) · 5 more...				[sources]
Education	National Defense Academy of Japan (-1980) · Undergraduate Course (Faculty of Science and Engineering), National Defense Academy · collège-lycée Tosa (-1976)				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov · www.shugiin.go.jp				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-15	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Minister of Defense

— Japanese House of Representatives Members, 2025-10-13

Japanese politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Shūgiin	2014-12-14	2017-09-28
Minister of Defense of Japan

Data sources

Every Politician58,326

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MySociety · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders11,019

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United States of America · CIA

Japanese House of Representatives Members462

Current members of the Japanese House of Representatives (Shūgiin), the lower house of the National Diet of Japan.

Japan · Shūgiin

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,874

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Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,099

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Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata349,569

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,079

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-japan-nakatani-gen-minister-of-defense · jp-shu-81df0213532efe0d70c42c3fab4cc960a528e051 · evpo-7dfc09b4-a57d-49e1-b759-e647816121ae

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