Yoshitaka Murata (村田 吉隆, Murata Yoshitaka, born July 30, 1944) is the Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, the and the in Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Cabinet. Born in the city of Shizuoka, Murata graduated from Faculty of Law, Kyoto University and joined the Ministry of Finance in 1968. In 1990, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time and, since September 2004 he has been on the present posts.