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Yuya Niwa
丹羽 雄哉
Official portrait, 2000
Minister of Health and Welfare
In office
5 October 1999 – 4 July 2000
Prime MinisterKeizō Obuchi
Yoshirō Mori
Preceded bySohei Miyashita
Succeeded byYūji Tsushima
In office
12 December 1992 – 9 August 1993
Prime MinisterKiichi Miyazawa
Preceded byTokuo Yamashita
Succeeded byKeigo Ōuchi
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
19 December 2012 – 28 September 2017
Preceded byHiroko Oizumi
Succeeded byAyano Kunimitsu
ConstituencyIbaraki 6th
In office
8 October 1979 – 21 July 2009
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byHiroko Oizumi
ConstituencyIbaraki 3rd (1979–1996)
Ibaraki 6th (1996–2009)
Personal details
Born (1944-04-20) 20 April 1944 (age 80)
Tamari, Ibaraki, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Alma materKeio 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.

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House of Representatives (Japan)
Preceded byYūji Tsushima Chair, House of Representatives Committee on Social and Labour Affairs
1989 		Succeeded byEijiro Hata
Preceded byKosuke Ito Chair, House of Representatives Committee on Fundamental National Policies
2004–2006 		Succeeded byTakashi Fukaya
Political offices
Preceded byTokuo Yamashita Minister of Health and Welfare
1992–1993 		Succeeded byKeigo Ōuchi
Preceded bySohei Miyashita Minister of Health and Welfare
1999–2000 		Succeeded byYūji Tsushima
Party political offices
Preceded byMitsuo Horiuchi Head of Kōchikai
2006 		Succeeded byMakoto Koga
Preceded byFumio Kyūma Chair, General Council of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
2006–2007 		Succeeded byToshihiro Nikai


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