Kantoku Teruya

{{Short description|Japanese politician and lawyer (1945–2022)}}

{{expand Japanese|topic=bio|照屋寛徳|date=January 2018}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Kantoku Teruya

| native_name = {{nobold|照屋 寛徳}}

| native_name_lang = ja

| image =

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| office = Member of the House of Representatives

| term_start = 10 November 2003

| term_end = 14 October 2021

| predecessor = Seiji Nakamura

| successor = Kunio Arakaki

| constituency = Okinawa 2nd

| office1 = Member of the House of Councillors

| term_start1 = 23 July 1995

| term_end1 = 22 July 2001

| predecessor1 = Shin'ei Kyan

| successor1 = Junshirō Nishime

| constituency1 = Okinawa at-large

| office2 = Member of the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly

| term_start2 = 1988

| term_end2 = 1995

| predecessor2 = Ginowan City

| successor2 =

| constituency2 =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1945|7|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Saipan, South Seas Mandate, Japan

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|4|15|1945|7|24|df=y}}

| party = Social Democratic

| otherparty = Independent (1988–2001)

| alma_mater = University of the Ryukyus

| website = [http://www.terukan.com/ Official website]

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{{Nihongo|Kantoku Teruya|照屋 寛徳|Teruya Kantoku|lead=yes|24 July 1945 – 15 April 2022}}[https://www.okinawatimes.co.jp/articles/-/943539 前衆院議員の照屋寛徳さん死去 76歳、衆参合わせ国会議員24年] {{in lang|ja}} was a member of the Social Democratic Party from Okinawa, who served in the House of Representatives from 2003 to 2021. Teruya was part of the All-Okinawa coalition, which opposed the relocation of a US Marine base to Nago.{{cite news|url=http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201710230042.html|title=VOTE 2017: Okinawa loses 1 seat to supporter of Futenma base relocation|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|date=23 October 2017|access-date=26 January 2018|archive-date=29 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029173803/http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201710230042.html|url-status=dead}}

Teruya was previously a member of the House of Councillors between 1995 and 2001.

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