Hiroaki Nagasawa Explained
is a Japanese politician and member of the Komeito Party of Japan and former Senior Vice Minister for the Reconstruction Agency. He resigned in September 2017 after letting a female acquaintance use a housing complex reserved for lawmakers.[1] [2] [3]
Early life
Nagasawa was born on August 19, 1958, in Tokyo, and studied sociology at Toyo University.[4]
Political career
In 1983, Nagasawa joined the Komei Shimbun, which was the official newspaper of the Komeito.[4] He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2003.[4]
Nagasawa served in the House of Councillors from 2010 to 2017, having been re-elected in July 2016.[1] Following his resignation, he was replaced as Senior Vice Minister by Masayoshi Hamada.
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Notes and References
- News: Komeito member quits Diet over misuse of lawmakers' housing . . September 26, 2017 . September 30, 2017.
- News: Hiroaki Nagasawa . . https://web.archive.org/web/20170930130249/https://www.komei.or.jp/en/members/councilors/nagasawa.html . September 30, 2017.
- News: Hiroaki Nagasawa, who belonged to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) coalition Komeito Party ally, relinquished his position in the party as well, for allowing a female to stay in a housing complex for lawmakers, in violation of the party's rules. . https://web.archive.org/web/20170926105803/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-09/26/c_136639705.htm . dead . September 26, 2017 . . September 26, 2017 . September 30, 2017 . Hiroaki Nagasawa, who belonged to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) coalition Komeito Party ally, relinquished his position in the party as well, for allowing a female to stay in a housing complex for lawmakers, in violation of the party's rules..
- News: Mr. NAGASAWA Hiroaki . January 16, 2017 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20170930130922/http://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/eng/members/profile/7010040.htm . September 30, 2017.