Yoichi Miyazawa
Appearance
Yoichi Miyazawa | |
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宮沢 洋一 | |
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry | |
In office 21 October 2014 – 7 October 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
Preceded by | Yūko Obuchi |
Succeeded by | Motoo Hayashi |
Personal details | |
Born | Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan | 21 April 1950
Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
Alma mater | University of Tokyo Harvard University |
Yoichi Miyazawa (宮沢 洋一, Miyazawa Yōichi, born April 21, 1950) 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 Fukuyama, Hiroshima and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Finance in 1974, receiving a MPA from Harvard University in the United States while in the ministry. Leaving the ministry in 1993, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000.
Family
Yoichi Miyazawa is the son of former justice minister Hiroshi Miyazawa, nephew of former prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa, and cousin of former foreign minister Fumio Kishida.[1]
References
- ^ "Japan minister support staff 'put sex club on expenses'". BBC. October 23, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
- 政治家情報 〜宮沢洋一〜. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-14.
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External links
- Official website in Japanese.
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- 1950 births
- Living people
- People from Fukuyama, Hiroshima
- University of Tokyo alumni
- John F. Kennedy School of Government alumni
- Members of the House of Representatives (Japan)
- Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians
- 21st-century Japanese politicians
- Miyazawa family
- Government ministers of Japan
- Japanese politician, 1950s birth stubs