Mineichi Iwanaga

Japanese politician

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Mineichi Iwanaga

岩永 峯一

Official portrait, 2005

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
In office
11 August 2005 – 31 October 2005
Prime Minister| Junichiro Koizumi
Preceded by| Junichiro Koizumi (acting)
Succeeded by| Shōichi Nakagawa
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
21 October 1996 – 21 July 2009
Succeeded by| Tenzo Okumura
Constituency| Shiga 3rd (1996–2003)
Shiga 4th (2003–2009)
Personal details
Born|  (1941-09-05) 5 September 1941 (age 83)
Kōka District, Shiga, Japan
Political party| Liberal Democratic
Alma mater| Chuo University

Third Realigned Koizumi Cabinet
(2005-10-31)Secretary| Shinzō Abe

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Internal Affairs| Heizō Takenaka
Justice| Seiken Sugiura
Foreign Affairs| Taro Aso
Finance| Sadakazu Tanigaki
Education| Kenji Kosaka
Health| Jirō Kawasaki
Agriculture| Shoichi Nakagawa
Economy| Toshihiro Nikai
Land| Kazuo Kitagawa
Environment| Yuriko Koike
Defense| Fukushiro Nukaga
Ministers of State|

* Tetsuo Kutsukake
* Kaoru Yosano
* Koki Chuma
* Iwao Matsuda
* Kuniko Inoguchi

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.

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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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