Yuya Niwa

Yuya Niwa
Minister of Health and Welfare
In office
5 April 2000 – 4 July 2000
Prime Minister Yoshirō Mori
Preceded by Himself
Succeeded by Yūji Tsushima
In office
5 October 1999 – 5 April 2000
Prime Minister Keizō Obuchi
Preceded by Sohei Miyashita
Succeeded by Himself
In office
12 December 1992 – 9 August 1993
Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa
Preceded by Tokuo Yamashita
Succeeded by Keigo Ōuchi
Personal details
Born (1944-04-20) April 20, 1944
Niihari, Japan
Political party Liberal Democratic Party
Alma mater Keio University

Yuya Niwa (丹羽 雄哉, Niwa Yūya, born April 20, 1944) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a former 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.
House of Representatives of Japan
Preceded by
Yūji Tsushima		 Chair, House of Representatives Committee on Social and Labour Affairs
1989		 Succeeded by
Eijiro Hata
Preceded by
Kosuke Ito		 Chair, House of Representatives Committee on Fundamental National Poliies
2004–2006		 Succeeded by
Takashi Fukaya
Political offices
Preceded by
Tokuo Yamashita		 Minister of Health and Welfare
1992–1993		 Succeeded by
Keigo Ōuchi
Preceded by
Sohei Miyashita		 Minister of Health and Welfare
1999–2000		 Succeeded by
Yūji Tsushima
Party political offices
Preceded by
Mitsuo Horiuchi		 Head of Kōchikai
2006		 Succeeded by
Makoto Koga
Preceded by
Fumio Kyūma		 Chair, General Council of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
2006–2007		 Succeeded by
Toshihiro Nikai


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