Toshihiro Nikai
Toshihiro Nikai | |
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二階 俊博 | |
Official portrait, 2014 | |
| Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party | |
| In office 4 August 2016 – 1 October 2021 | |
| President | Shinzo Abe Yoshihide Suga |
| Preceded by | Sadakazu Tanigaki |
| Succeeded by | Akira Amari |
| Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry | |
| In office 2 August 2008 – 16 September 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Yasuo Fukuda Tarō Asō |
| Preceded by | Akira Amari |
| Succeeded by | Masayuki Naoshima |
| In office 31 October 2005 – 26 September 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Junichiro Koizumi |
| Preceded by | Shōichi Nakagawa |
| Succeeded by | Akira Amari |
| Minister of Transport | |
| In office 5 October 1999 – 4 July 2000 | |
| Prime Minister | Keizō Obuchi |
| Preceded by | Jirō Kawasaki |
| Succeeded by | Hajime Morita |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 18 December 1983 – 9 October 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Wakayama 2nd (1983–1996) Wakayama 3rd (1996–2024) |
| Member of the Wakayama Prefectural Assembly | |
| In office 30 April 1975 – 29 April 1983 | |
| Constituency | Gobō City |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 February 1939 Gobō, Wakayama, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic (Shisuikai) |
| Alma mater | Chuo University |
Toshihiro Nikai (二階 俊博, Nikai Toshihiro; born 17 February 1939) is a former Japanese politician for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the leader of the LDP Shisuikai faction (informally called the Nikai faction), who served as the Secretary-General of the LDP from 2016 to 2021. He was previously the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry. Nikai is currently retired, after thirteen terms in the Lower House representing Wakayama's Third District. He is widely considered to be "Japan's most pro-China lawmaker". He has also been criticized for misogynistic views expressed in the past, and caused controversy when he invited women to "look, but not talk" at key party meetings.
On 31 October 2021, he was elected for the thirteenth time in Japan's 49th general election to the House of Representatives. At the age of 82 years and 8 months, he was the oldest winner in the election.
Also Nikai is Director of the Liberal Democratic Party’s 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo Promotion Headquarters, President of the National Travel Industry Association , and President of the Japan–China Friendship Parliamentarians' Union.