Mitsuhide Iwaki
Mitsuhide Iwaki 岩城 光英 | |
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Minister of Justice | |
In office 7 October 2015 – 3 August 2016 | |
Prime Minister | Shinzo Abe |
Preceded by | Yōko Kamikawa |
Succeeded by | Katsutoshi Kaneda |
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political affairs, House of Councillors) | |
In office 27 August 2007 – 24 September 2008 | |
Prime Minister | Shinzo Abe Yasuo Fukuda |
Preceded by | Seiji Suzuki |
Succeeded by | Yoshitada Konoike |
Member of the House of Councillors | |
In office 26 July 1998 – 25 July 2016 | |
Preceded by | Shizuo Sato |
Succeeded by | Teruhiko Mashiko |
Constituency | Fukushima at-large |
Mayor of Iwaki | |
In office 1990–1997 | |
Member of the Fukushima Prefectural Assembly | |
In office 1986–1990 | |
Constituency | Iwaki City |
Member of the Iwaki City Assembly | |
In office 1980–1986 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan | 4 December 1949
Political party | Liberal Democratic |
Alma mater | Sophia University |
Mitsuhide Iwaki (岩城 光英, Iwaki Mitsuhide, born 4 December 1949) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the National Diet (national legislature). A native of Iwaki, Fukushima and graduate of Sophia University with a B.L., he worked at Suntory and served in the city assembly of Iwaki for two terms since 1980, in the assembly of Fukushima Prefecture for two terms from 1986 and as mayor of Iwaki for two terms from 1990. He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998.
Iwaki was named Minister of Justice in Shinzo Abe cabinet on 7 October 2015.
Conservative views
Iwaki is a member of the Sinseiren parliamentary group (fundamentalist Shinto).
On 18 October 2015, a few days after joining Shinzo Abe's cabinet, Iwaki visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine.[1]
References
- ^ "Two cabinet ministers visit Yasukuni shrine" (Japan Times 2015/10/18)
- 政治家情報 〜岩城 光英〜. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 30 November 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2007.
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