Yuya Niwa

Yuya Niwa
Minister of Health and Welfare
In office 5 April 2000 – 4 July 2000
Prime Minister	Yoshirō Mori
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Yūji Tsushima
In office 5 October 1999 – 5 April 2000
Prime Minister	Keizō Obuchi
Preceded by	Sohei Miyashita
Succeeded by	Himself
In office 12 December 1992 – 9 August 1993
Prime Minister	Kiichi Miyazawa
Preceded by	Tokuo Yamashita
Succeeded by	Keigo Ōuchi
Personal details
Born	(1944-04-20) April 20, 1944 Niihari, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party
Alma mater	Keio University

Yuya Niwa (丹羽 雄哉, Niwa Yūya, born April 20, 1944) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a former 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.

References

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

External links

• Official website in Japanese.