Okiharu Yasuoka

Okiharu Yasuoka
保岡 興治
Okiharu Yasuoka
Minister of Justice
In office
2 August 2008 – 24 September 2008
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda
Preceded by Kunio Hatoyama
Succeeded by Eisuke Mori
In office
4 July 2000 – 5 December 2000
Prime Minister Yoshirō Mori
Preceded by Hideo Usui
Succeeded by Masahiko Kōmura
Member of the Japanese Parliament
for Kagoshima 1st district
In office
11 December 1972 – 28 September 2017
Preceded by Takehisa Yasuoka
Succeeded by Hiroshi Kawauchi
Personal details
Born (1939-05-11) May 11, 1939
Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Political party Liberal Democratic Party
Alma mater Chuo University

Okiharu Yasuoka (保岡 興治, Yasuoka Okiharu, born May 11, 1939) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kagoshima Prefecture and graduate of Chuo University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1972 as an independent. He later joined the LDP and served as the Minister of Justice from 2000 to 2001. He was later returned to the post of Minister of Justice under Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on August 1, 2008.[1]

Yasuoka is a licensed attorney. He left the LDP in 1994 to join the now-defunct Shinshinto party, but returned to the LDP in 1995. Yasuoka is known to work himself and his staff very long hours. He was one of the key participants in the launch of Fukuda's administration in 2007. Yasuoka also chairs the LDP's Constitution Research Commission.[2]

An avid jogger and swimmer, Yasuoka has repeatedly swam the 2.1 km-wide Kinko Bay in Kagoshima Prefecture.[3]

In October 2017, Yasuoka lost his seat to Hiroshi Kawauchi of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Fukuda overhauls Cabinet / LDP executive shakeup also elevates Aso to party No. 2", The Yomiuri Shimbun, August 2, 2008.
  2. ↑ Japan Times, "Fukuda's new linuep", August 3, 2008, P. 3.
  3. ↑ Japan Times, "Fukuda's new linuep", August 3, 2008, P. 3.
  4. ↑ "立民川内氏返り咲き　鹿児島１区　自民は火種残す". Nishinippon Shimbun. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  • 政治家情報 〜保岡 興治〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-16. External link in |work= (help)
House of Representatives of Japan
Preceded by
Kōichi Hamada		 Chair, Lower House Committee on Construction
1984–1986		 Succeeded by
Tsutomu Karawa
Preceded by
Koichi Kato		 Chair, Lower House Special Committee on Political Ethics and Election Law
2012–2014		 Succeeded by
Taku Yamamoto
Political offices
Preceded by
Hideo Usui		 Minister of Justice of Japan
2000		 Succeeded by
Masahiko Kōmura
Preceded by
Kunio Hatoyama		 Minister of Justice of Japan
2008		 Succeeded by
Eisuke Mori


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