Yuya Niwa

Yuya Niwa
丹羽 雄哉
Official portrait, 2000
Minister of Health and Welfare
In office
5 October 1999 – 4 July 2000
Prime MinisterKeizō Obuchi
Yoshirō Mori
Preceded bySohei Miyashita
Succeeded byYūji Tsushima
In office
12 December 1992 – 9 August 1993
Prime MinisterKiichi Miyazawa
Preceded byTokuo Yamashita
Succeeded byKeigo Ōuchi
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
19 December 2012 – 28 September 2017
Preceded byHiroko Oizumi
Succeeded byAyano Kunimitsu
ConstituencyIbaraki 6th
In office
8 October 1979 – 21 July 2009
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byHiroko Oizumi
ConstituencyIbaraki 3rd (1979–1996)
Ibaraki 6th (1996–2009)
Personal details
Born (1944-04-20) 20 April 1944
Tamari, Ibaraki, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Alma materKeio University

Yuya Niwa (丹羽 雄哉, Niwa Yūya; born April 20, 1944) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Niihari District, Ibaraki and graduate of Keio University he was elected for the first time in 1979 after working as a writer for Yomiuri Shimbun. Later, he served as the Minister of Health in 1992 and in 1999.

He was defeated by Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)-backed candidate Hiroko Ōizumi (former Lieutenant Governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture) in the Japanese general election, 2009.

References

  • 政治家情報 〜丹羽 雄哉〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-10.


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