Hideo Usui

Hideo Usui
Hideo Usui
臼井日出男
	Official portrait, 1999
Minister of Justice
	In office; 5 October 1999 – 4 July 2000
Prime Minister	Keizō Obuchi; Yoshirō Mori
Preceded by	Takao Jinnouchi
Succeeded by	Okiharu Yasuoka
Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
	In office; 11 January 1996 – 7 November 1996
Prime Minister	Ryutaro Hashimoto
Preceded by	Seishirō Etō
Succeeded by	Fumio Kyūma
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 11 September 2005 – 21 July 2009
Preceded by	Kaname Tajima
Succeeded by	Kaname Tajima
Constituency	Chiba 1st
	In office; 22 June 1980 – 10 October 2003
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Kaname Tajima
Constituency	Former Chiba 1st (1980–1996); Chiba 1st (1996–2003)
Personal details
Born	3 January 1939; Chiba, Chiba, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Children	Shoichi Usui
Alma mater	Chuo University

Hideo Usui (臼井日出男, Usui Hideo; born 3 January 1939) is a retired Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet. He served as Minister of Justice from 1999 to 2000.

Career

A native of Chiba city and a graduate of Chuo University,^[1] he was elected for the first time in 1980 after an unsuccessful run in 1979. He served until losing his seat in the 2003 general election. He regained the seat in the 2005 general election, and retired after the 2009 general election. In 1996 he served as Director General of the Japan Defense Agency.

His eldest son, Shoichi Usui, is also a politician. He was elected to the House of Councillors in 2022, representing the Chiba at-large district.^[2]

^ "Usui returns to cabinet as justice minister". Japan Policy & Politics. 11 October 1999. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
^ "Mr.USUI Shoichi：House of Councillors". www.sangiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2023-07-29.