Yuya Niwa

Yuya Niwa
Yuya Niwa
丹羽雄哉
	Official portrait, 2000
Minister of Health and Welfare
	In office; 5 October 1999 – 4 July 2000
Prime Minister	Keizō Obuchi; Yoshirō Mori
Preceded by	Sohei Miyashita
Succeeded by	Yūji Tsushima
	In office; 12 December 1992 – 9 August 1993
Prime Minister	Kiichi Miyazawa
Preceded by	Tokuo Yamashita
Succeeded by	Keigo Ōuchi
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 19 December 2012 – 28 September 2017
Preceded by	Hiroko Oizumi
Succeeded by	Ayano Kunimitsu
Constituency	Ibaraki 6th
	In office; 8 October 1979 – 21 July 2009
Preceded by	Kyōshirō Niwa
Succeeded by	Hiroko Oizumi
Constituency	Ibaraki 3rd (1979–1996); Ibaraki 6th (1996–2009)
Personal details
Born	20 April 1944 (age 81); Tamari, Ibaraki, Japan
Party	Liberal Democratic
Parent	Kyōshirō Niwa (father);
Alma mater	Keio 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.