Hirohiko Nakamura

{{Short description|Japanese politician}}

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{{nihongo|Hirohiko Nakamura|中村 博彦|Nakamura Hirohiko|extra=January 29, 1943 – July 31, 2013Yomiuri Shimbun, July 31, 2013: [http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/news/20130731-OYT1T00463.htm 自民党の中村博彦・参院議員が死去]}} was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Yoshinogawa, TokushimaHouse of Councillors, member profiles: [http://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/giin/profile/7004040.htm Nakamura Hirohiko] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731102605/http://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/giin/profile/7004040.htm |date=2013-07-31 }} (Japanese, [http://www.sangiin.go.jp/eng/member/members/profile/7004040.htm English translation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125220457/http://www.sangiin.go.jp/eng/member/members/profile/7004040.htm |date=2013-01-25 }}) and graduate of University of Tokushima, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2004 and re-elected for a second term in 2010, both times running on the Liberal Democratic proportional list. He was parliamentary secretary for Internal Affairs and Communications during the realigned Fukuda and Asō cabinets from 2008 to 2009.