Yuya Niwa
Yuya Niwa | |
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丹羽 雄哉 | |
Official portrait, 2000 | |
| Minister of Health and Welfare | |
| In office 5 October 1999 – 4 July 2000 | |
| Prime Minister | Keizō Obuchi Yoshirō Mori |
| Preceded by | Sohei Miyashita |
| Succeeded by | Yūji Tsushima |
| In office 12 December 1992 – 9 August 1993 | |
| Prime Minister | Kiichi Miyazawa |
| Preceded by | Tokuo Yamashita |
| Succeeded by | Keigo Ōuchi |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 19 December 2012 – 28 September 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Hiroko Oizumi |
| Succeeded by | Ayano Kunimitsu |
| Constituency | Ibaraki 6th |
| In office 8 October 1979 – 21 July 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | Hiroko Oizumi |
| Constituency | Ibaraki 3rd (1979–1996) Ibaraki 6th (1996–2009) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 April 1944 Tamari, Ibaraki, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic |
| Alma mater | Keio University |
Yuya Niwa (丹羽 雄哉, Niwa Yūya; born April 20, 1944) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), who served as a 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.