Hideaki Ōmura Explained

Hideaki Ōmura
Native Name Lang:ja
Order:Governor of Aichi Prefecture
Term Start:15 February 2011
Predecessor:Masaaki Kanda
Order2:Member of House of Representatives
Term Start2:20 October 1996
Term End2:14 January 2011
Birth Date:1960 3, df=y
Birth Place:Hekinan, Aichi, Japan
Party:Independent
Otherparty:Liberal Democratic Party (1996–2011)
Alma Mater:University of Tokyo
Website:Official website

is a Japanese politician and the current governor of Aichi Prefecture.

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He was a former member of the Liberal Democratic Party, also a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Hekinan and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in 1982. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996. He was defeated in the 2009 election by DPJ candidate Kensuke Ōnishi.

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