Yuya Niwa Explained

Yuya Niwa
Office1:Minister of Health and Welfare
Primeminister1:Yoshirō Mori
Term Start1:5 April 2000
Term End1:4 July 2000
Predecessor1:Himself
Successor1:Yūji Tsushima
Primeminister2:Keizō Obuchi
Term Start2:5 October 1999
Term End2:5 April 2000
Predecessor2:Sohei Miyashita
Successor2:Himself
Primeminister3:Kiichi Miyazawa
Term Start3:12 December 1992
Term End3:9 August 1993
Predecessor3:Tokuo Yamashita
Successor3:Keigo Ōuchi
Birth Date:20 April 1944
Birth Place:Niihari, Japan
Party:Liberal Democratic Party
Alma Mater:Keio University

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.

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