Koya Nishikawa

Koya Nishikawa
西川 公也
Official portrait, 2014
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
In office 3 September 2014 – 23 February 2015
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Yoshimasa Hayashi
Succeeded by	Yoshimasa Hayashi
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 19 December 2012 – 28 September 2017
Preceded by	Akio Fukuda
Succeeded by	Multi-member district
Constituency	Tochigi 2nd (2012–2014) Northern Kanto PR (2014–2017)
In office 21 October 1996 – 21 July 2009
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Multi-member district
Constituency	Tochigi 2nd (1996–2003) Northern Kanto PR (2003–2009)
Speaker of the Tochigi Prefectural Assembly
In office March 1993 – March 1994
Member of the Tochigi Prefectural Assembly
In office 30 April 1991 – October 1996
Constituency	Shioya District
In office 30 April 1979 – 30 June 1989
Constituency	Shioya District
Personal details
Born	(1942-12-26) 26 December 1942 Ujiie, Tochigi, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Alma mater	Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Koya Nishikawa (西川 公也, Nishikawa Kōya, born December 26, 1942) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Shioya District, Tochigi he attended Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology as both undergraduate and graduate students. After college, he worked at the government Tochigi Prefecture from 1967 to 1978. He was elected to the assembly of Tochigi Prefecture for the first time in 1979 and then to the Diet for the first time in 1996.

On 9 December 2020, he resigned as the special adviser to the Cabinet after being involved in a bribery scandal corresponding to a boating trip hosted by a former head of a major egg farm, who was involved in a separate bribery case.

References

• 政治家情報 〜西川 公也〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-10.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)