Yūzan Fujita

Yūzan Fujita
藤田 雄山
Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture
In office
29 November 1993  28 November 2009
Preceded byToranosuke Takeshita
Succeeded byHidehiko Yuzaki
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
24 July 1989  10 November 1993
Preceded byMasaaki Fujita
Succeeded byKensei Mizote
ConstituencyHiroshima at-large
Personal details
Born(1949-04-19)19 April 1949
Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
Died18 December 2015(2015-12-18) (aged 66)
Parent
RelativesHiroo Ōhara (grandfather)
Alma materKeio University

Yūzan Fujita (藤田 雄山, Fujita Yūzan; April 19, 1949 – December 18, 2015) was a Japanese politician and the governor of Hiroshima Prefecture from 1993 to 2009. A native of Minami-ku, Hiroshima and graduate of Keio University, he had served in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan since 1989 for one term before being elected governor.