Yasuhide Nakayama

Yasuhide Nakayama
中山 泰秀
Official portrait, 2020
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
21 December 2012  14 October 2021
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byTeruo Minobe
ConstituencyKinki PR (2012–2014)
Osaka 4th (2014–2021)
In office
9 November 2003  21 July 2009
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byOsamu Yoshida
ConstituencyKinki PR (2003–2005)
Osaka 4th (2005–2009)
Personal details
Born (1970-10-14) 14 October 1970
Kita, Osaka, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Parent
  • Masaaki Nakayama (father)
RelativesFukuzō Nakayama (grandfather)
Masa Nakayama (grandmother)
Taro Nakayama (uncle)
Alma materSeijo University
Waseda University

Yasuhide Nakayama (中山 泰秀, Nakayama Yasuhide; born October 14, 1970) is a former Japanese politician who served as the Senior Vice Minister of Defense of Japan. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), he was elected in December 2012 as a member of the House of Representatives of Japan and re-elected in the December 2015 and 2017 elections. After the snap elections in October 2017, Nakayama was appointed the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee. He lost his seat in the House in the 2021 Japanese general election.