Yoshio Nakagawa (中川 義雄, Nakagawa Yoshio, born March 14, 1938) is a Japanese politician of the Sunrise Party of Japan, and a previous member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).

Political career

A native of Hiroo District, Hokkaidō and dropout of Kanagawa University, he was elected to the House of Councillors as a candidate for the Liberal Democratic Party for the first time in 1998 after serving in the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly for five terms.

He joined the Sunrise Party of Japan on April 10, 2010, but lost in House of Councillors election.

Family

He is the younger brother of Ichirō Nakagawa.

References

House of Councillors
Preceded by Councillor for Hokkaidō
1998–2010
Served alongside: Naoki Minezaki 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by
Sotoji Sakurai
 Speaker of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly
1995–1997 		Succeeded by
Makoto Iwamoto


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshio_Nakagawa
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