Mineichi Iwanaga

Mineichi Iwanaga
岩永 峯一
Official portrait, 2005
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
In office
11 August 2005 – 31 October 2005
Prime MinisterJunichiro Koizumi
Preceded byJunichiro Koizumi (acting)
Succeeded byShōichi Nakagawa
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
21 October 1996 – 21 July 2009
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byTenzo Okumura
ConstituencyShiga 3rd (1996–2003)
Shiga 4th (2003–2009)
Personal details
Born (1941-09-05) 5 September 1941 (age 83)
Kōka, Shiga, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Alma materChuo University
Third Realigned Koizumi Cabinet
(2005-10-31)
SecretaryShinzō Abe
Internal AffairsHeizō Takenaka
JusticeSeiken Sugiura
Foreign AffairsTaro Aso
FinanceSadakazu Tanigaki
EducationKenji Kosaka
HealthJirō Kawasaki
AgricultureShoichi Nakagawa
EconomyToshihiro Nikai
LandKazuo Kitagawa
EnvironmentYuriko Koike
DefenseFukushiro Nukaga
Ministers of State

Mineichi Iwanaga (岩永峯一 Iwanaga Mineichi, born September 5, 1941) is a Japanese politician.

Born in Koka, Shiga Prefecture, Iwanaga attended Koka Senior High School and graduated from the law faculty of Chuo University.

After serving as a town council member in Shiga, Iwanaga was elected to the House of Representatives in 1996, representing the fourth district of Shiga. He joined the Kato faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, but later switched to the Horiuchi faction. He became Vice Minister of Agriculture under the first Koizumi cabinet.[1]

On August 11, 2005, Iwanaga became Minister of Agriculture following the resignation of Yoshinobu Shimamura.

References

  1. ^ AFX (30 September 2005). "Japan tells US to be patient on beef ban". Forbes. Retrieved 8 January 2011.[dead link‍]


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