Hideaki Ōmura

Hideaki Ōmura
大村 秀章
Governor of Aichi Prefecture
Assumed office
15 February 2011
Preceded byMasaaki Kanda
Member of House of Representatives
In office
20 October 1996 – 14 January 2011
Personal details
Born (1960-03-09) 9 March 1960 (age 64)
Hekinan, Aichi, Japan
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Liberal Democratic Party (1996–2011)
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo
WebsiteOfficial website

Hideaki Ōmura (大村 秀章, Ōmura Hideaki, born 9 March 1960) is a Japanese politician and the current governor of Aichi Prefecture and a former member of the House of Representatives.

Early life and education

He was born on March 9, 1960 in Hekinan, Aichi Prefecture to a father who works as a carpenter and her mother who is a farmer. He graduated in University of Tokyo with a degree on law.[1][2]

Career

with Takashi Kawamura and Shinzō Abe (at the Prime Minister's Official Residence on October 21, 2016)

In 1982, He joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries after serving as Tokushima City Manager, Agricultural Cooperative Division, and Planning Division Assistant Director.

In 1995, He was Liberal Democratic Party Aichi Prefecture 13th constituency branch chief. A year later, he was elected as the House of Representatives member for the first time, he held the position for five terms until 2011.

Omura giving a speech in front of Inuyama Station in 2023.

He later run and won for governor of Aichi Prefecture on the 2011 gubernatorial election. He held the position until the present.[2][3][1]

Personal life

He is married and had four children.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "プロフィール|大村ひであき公式WEBサイト". ohmura-hideaki.jp. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Sugito, Takahiro (17 November 2015). "候補者はこんな人". Chunichi Shimbun. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  3. ^ 政治家情報 〜大村 秀章〜. JANJAN (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 3 December 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2007.
Preceded by Governor of Aichi Prefecture
2011–present
Incumbent