Sadakazu Tanigaki

is a Japanese politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1983 to 2017. He was the President of the Liberal Democratic Party and Leader of the Opposition from 2009 to 2012.

Tanigaki was the Minister of Finance from 2003 to 2006. He was the Minister of Justice from 2012 to 2014. He was LDP Secretary-General from 2014 to 2016. He was a known critic of Shinzo Abe.

Tanigaki injured his spinal cord in a bicycle accident in July 2016. He made his first public appearance after the accident in October 2018, and addressed the Liberal Democratic Party Convention from a wheelchair in February 2019.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **embed**: yes
- **office1**: Minister of Justice (Japan), Minister of Justice
- **primeminister1**: Shinzo Abe
- **term start1**: 26 December 2012
- **term end1**: 3 September 2014
- **predecessor1**: Makoto Taki
- **successor1**: Midori Matsushima
- **office2**: Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
- **primeminister2**: Yasuo Fukuda
- **term start2**: 2 August 2008
- **term end2**: 24 September 2008
- **predecessor2**: Tetsuzo Fuyushiba
- **successor2**: Nariaki Nakayama
- **office3**: Minister of Finance (Japan), Minister of Finance
- **primeminister3**: Junichiro Koizumi
- **term start3**: 22 September 2003
- **term end3**: 26 September 2006
- **predecessor3**: Masajuro Shiokawa
- **successor3**: Kōji Omi
- **office4**: Chair of the National Public Safety Commission, Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
- **primeminister4**: Junichiro Koizumi
- **term start4**: 30 September 2002
- **term end4**: 22 September 2003
- **predecessor4**: Jin Murai
- **successor4**: Kiyoko Ono
- **office5**: Chairman of the Financial Reconstruction Commission
- **primeminister5**: Keizō Obuchi
Yoshirō Mori
- **term start5**: 25 February 2000
- **term end5**: 4 July 2000
- **predecessor5**: Michio Ochi
- **successor5**: Kimitaka Kuze
- **office6**: Director-General of the Science and Technology Agency
- **primeminister6**: Ryutaro Hashimoto
- **term start6**: 11 September 1997
- **term end6**: 30 July 1998
- **predecessor6**: Riichirō Chikaoka
- **successor6**: Yutaka Takeyama


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **embed**: yes
- **office7**: Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party
- **president7**: Shinzo Abe
- **term start7**: 3 September 2014
- **term end7**: 3 August 2016
- **predecessor7**: Shigeru Ishiba
- **successor7**: Toshihiro Nikai


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Sadakazu Tanigaki
- **native name lang**: ja
- **image**: Tanigaki Sadakazu 1-2.jpg
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2009
- **office**: President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), President of the Liberal Democratic Party
- **vicepresident**: Tadamori Ōshima
- **term start**: 28 September 2009
- **term end**: 26 September 2012
- **predecessor**: Tarō Asō
- **successor**: Shinzo Abe
- **office8**: Member of the House of Representatives (Japan), House of Representatives
- **term start8**: 8 August 1983
- **term end8**: 28 September 2017
- **constituency8**: Kyoto 2nd district (1947–1993), Kyoto 2nd (1983–1996)
Kyoto 5th district, Kyoto 5th (1996–2017)
- **predecessor8**: Sen'ichi Tanigaki
- **successor8**: Tarō Honda
- **birth place**: Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, Empire of Japan, Japan
- **father**: Sen'ichi Tanigaki
- **party**: Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic
- **education**: Azabu High School
- **alma mater**: University of Tokyo
- **signature**: Tanigaki-sadakazu signature.png