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 and a former member of the House of Representatives.
He was born on March 9, 1960 in Hekinan, Aichi Prefecture to a father who works as a carpenter and her mother who is a farmer. He graduated in University of Tokyo with a degree on law.[1]
In 1982, He joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries after serving as Tokushima City Manager, Agricultural Cooperative Division, and Planning Division Assistant Director.
In 1995, He was Liberal Democratic Party Aichi Prefecture 13th constituency branch chief. A year later, he was elected as the House of Representatives member for the first time, he held the position for five terms until 2011.
He later run and won for governor of Aichi Prefecture on the 2011 gubernatorial election. He held the position until the present.[2] [3] [1]
He is married and had four children.[2]