Nobutaka Machimura

was a Japanese politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives of Japan and a member of the Liberal Democratic Party."Profile of Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura" , Foreign Ministry website. 

He was  Chief Cabinet Secretary in the government of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda from 2007 to 2008 and twice Minister for Foreign Affairs, in the cabinets of Junichiro Koizumi and Shinzō Abe. He resigned as the Speaker of the House of Representatives on April 21, 2015 after suffering from a stroke.

Machimure died from a cerebral infarction in Tokyo, aged 70.

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