Hideo Usui
{{Short description|Japanese politician (born 1939)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Hideo Usui
| native_name = {{nobold|臼井 日出男}}
| native_name_lang = ja
| image = Hideo Usui.jpg
| image_size = 220px
| caption = Official portrait, 1999
| office = Minister of Justice
| primeminister = Keizō Obuchi
Yoshirō Mori
| term_start = 5 October 1999
| term_end = 4 July 2000
| predecessor = Takao Jinnouchi
| successor = Okiharu Yasuoka
| office1 = Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
| primeminister1 = Ryutaro Hashimoto
| term_start1 = 11 January 1996
| term_end1 = 7 November 1996
| predecessor1 = Seishirō Etō
| successor1 = Fumio Kyūma
| office2 = Member of the House of Representatives
| constituency2 = Chiba 1st
| term_start2 = 11 September 2005
| term_end2 = 21 July 2009
| predecessor2 = Kaname Tajima
| successor2 = Kaname Tajima
| constituency3 = Former Chiba 1st (1980–1996)
Chiba 1st (1996–2003)
| term_start3 = 22 June 1980
| term_end3 = 10 October 2003
| predecessor3 = Multi-member district
| successor3 = Kaname Tajima
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|1|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = Chiba, Chiba, Japan
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater = Chuo University
| party = Liberal Democratic
}}
{{nihongo|Hideo Usui|臼井 日出男|Usui Hideo|extra=born 3 January 1939}} is a retired Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet. He served as Minister of Justice from 1999 to 2000.
Overview
File:Ryūtarō Hashimoto Cabinet 19960111.jpg (at the Prime Minister's Official Residence on January 11, 1996)]]
A native of Chiba city and a graduate of Chuo University,{{cite news|title=Usui returns to cabinet as justice minister|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Usui+returns+to+cabinet+as+justice+minister.-a056228995|accessdate=24 October 2013|newspaper=Japan Policy & Politics|date=11 October 1999}} he was elected for the first time in 1980 after an unsuccessful run in 1979. He served until losing his seat in the 2003 general election. He regained the seat in the 2005 general election, and retired after the 2009 general election. In 1996 he served as Director General of the Japan Defense Agency.
Personal life
His eldest son, Shoichi Usui, is also a politician. He was elected to the House of Councillors in 2022, representing the Chiba at-large district.{{Cite web |title=Mr.USUI Shoichi：House of Councillors |url=https://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/eng/members/profile/7022007.htm |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=www.sangiin.go.jp}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.usui.gr.jp/}} in Japanese.
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{{s-bef|before=Kazuo Torii
Ihei Shiseki
Mutsuo Shibata
Minoru Kihara}}
{{s-ttl|title=Representative for Chiba 1st district | years=1980–1996|alongside=Kazuo Eguchi, Kazuo Torii, Kazuo Shii, Yoshihiko Noda, Mutsuo Shibata, Masayuki Okajima, ...}}
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{{s-ttl|title=Representative for Chiba 1st district (single-member)|years=1996–2003}}
{{s-aft|rows=2|after=Kaname Tajima}}
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{{s-bef|before=Kaname Tajima}}
{{s-ttl|title=Representative for Chiba 1st district (single-member)|years=2005–2009}}
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{{s-bef|before=Hajime Funada}}
{{s-ttl|title=Chair, Lower House Committee on Education|years=1991}}
{{s-aft|after=Kosuke Ito}}
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{{s-bef|before=Kiyoshi Ozawa}}
{{s-ttl|title=Chair, Lower House Committee on Science and Technology|years=1993–1994}}
{{s-aft|after=Matsusho Miyazato}}
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{{s-bef|before=Seishiro Etō}}
{{s-ttl|title=Head of the Japan Defense Agency|years=1996}}
{{s-aft|after=Fumio Kyūma}}
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{{s-bef|before=Takao Jinnouchi}}
{{s-ttl|title=Minister of Justice|years=1999–2000}}
{{s-aft|after=Okiharu Yasuoka}}
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{{s-bef|before=Masajuro Shiokawa}}
{{s-ttl|title=President of the Liberal National Congress|years=2015–present}}
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Category:Ministers of defense of Japan
Category:Ministers of justice of Japan
Category:Chuo University alumni
Category:People from Chiba (city)
Category:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians
Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2005–2009
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