Hiroshi Miyazawa

Miyazawa Hiroshi (Japanese宫 泽 弘; born September 22, 1921 in Shibuya, Tokyo Prefecture, † 26 May 2012) was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP), who was governor of Hiroshima Prefecture, among others, as well as Minister of Justice.

Life

Miyazawa came from an influential family of politicians: His father Yutaka Miyazawa was a member of the lower house ( Shūgiin ), while his older brother Kiichi Miyazawa was between 1991 and 1993 Prime Minister of Japan. His son Miyazawa Yōichi took on a political career and was a member of both the House and the House of Lords ( Sangiin ) of the Japanese Parliament ( Kokkai ).

He graduated after visiting the Musashi High School to study law at the Law Faculty of the Imperial University (English Law School ), graduating in 1941 as Gakushi (Bachelor). After completion of study and military service in the Imperial Japanese Navy, he was briefly active in the 1947 resolution influential Ministry of Home Affairs ( Naimu - shō ). In 1959 he became vice- governor of Chiba Prefecture under Hitoshi Shibata, before he (English Vice Minister ) was in the Ministry of Self-Government ( Jichi - shō ) 1973 short time Permanent State.

On December 16, 1973, he was the successor of Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture Nagano Izuo and sat down beside it while its up to his replacement by Toranosuke Takeshita on October 29, 1981 permanent tenure in particular for a stronger position of Governors a.

Upon completion of this activity, he was elected to the Sangiin in the by-election for the late Izuo Nagano Prefecture constituency in Hiroshima on November 30, 1981, re-elected in the regular elections in 1986 and 1992. There he held the prefecture until 25 July 1998. In the LDP, he joined the Miyazawa faction of his brother on.

On October 9, 1995 Miyazawa was appointed as part of a reshuffle of the Cabinet of Prime Minister Murayama Tomiichi as the successor of Tomoharu Tazawa to the Minister of Justice of Japan and held that office until the end of Murayamas term on 11 January 1996.

When Sangiin - election in 1998 he gave up a run again and then withdrew from politics.