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.Opposition LDP picks Tanigaki as new leader as it tackles renewal Kyodo News, 28 September 2009

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. 

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