Tadatoshi Akiba

Tadatoshi Akiba

nihongo|Tadatoshi Akiba|秋葉 忠利|Akiba Tadatoshi|extra=born November 3, 1942 in Arakawa, Tokyo is mayor of the city of Hiroshima, Japan.

He studied mathematics at the University of Tokyo, receiving a B.S. in 1966 and an M.S. in 1968. He continued his studies under John Milnor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, earning his Ph.D. in mathematics in 1970. He took teaching jobs at a series of universities: State University of New York at Stony Brook (1970), Tufts University (1972–1986), and Hiroshima Shudo University (1986–1997). His research was on topology, with an interest in homotopy groups.

As a member of the Social Democratic Party, he was elected to the House of Representatives, and served from 1990 to 1999. He assumed office as mayor of Hiroshima in February, 1999, and was reelected to this position in 2003.

As mayor, he has been a visible peace activist. He is active in the Mayors for Peace organization, serving as the president of their World Conference. He has also been an advocate of the abolition of nuclear weapons, and a vocal critic of George W. Bush.

He is longlisted for the 2008 World Mayor award.

In 2006 he received the Nuclear-Free Future Award in the solutions category.

Works

translation

*"Linear algebra "/ Ichiro Satake ; translated by Sebastian Koh, Tadatoshi Akiba, Shin-ichiro Ihara

External links

* [http://www.city.hiroshima.jp/shichou/profile/profile.html Profile at the Hiroshima city website]
* [http://www.city.hiroshima.jp/shimin/heiwa/akiba_bio.html Official Curriculum Vitae]
* [http://www.mayorsforpeace.org Mayors for Peace] - official website
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* [http://www.citymayors.com/mayors/hiroshima_mayor.html CityMayors.com feature]


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