Satoshi Ninoyu

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Satoshi Ninoyu

|native_name = {{nobold|二之湯 智}}

|native_name_lang = ja

|image = Satoshi Ninoyu 2021.jpg

|image_size = 220px

|office = Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission

|term_start = 4 October 2021

|term_end = 10 August 2022

|primeminister = Fumio Kishida

|predecessor = Yasufumi Tanahashi

|successor = Koichi Tani

|office1 = Member of the House of Councillors

|term_start1 = 26 July 2004

|term_end1 = 25 July 2022

|constituency1 = Kyoto at-large

|office2 = Member of the Kyoto Prefectural Assembly

|term_start2 = 1987

|term_end2 = 2003

|constituency2 = Ukyō-ku

|party = Liberal Democratic

|otherparty =

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|9|13}}

|birth_place = Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

|death_date =

|death_place =

|children = {{ill|Takeshi Ninoyu|ja|二之湯武史}}（former member of the House of Councillors）

|alma_mater =

Keio University

}}

Ninoyu is a native of Kyoto, Kyoto and graduated from Keio University, in Tokyo.

Ninoyu served in the Kyoto Prefecture assembly for five terms from 1987 to 2003.

He was elected to the House of Councillors, representing the Kyoto at-large constituency, for the first time in 2004, and served until his retirement from politics in 2022.

Ninoyu has served as State Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, House of Councillors chair of Committee on Education, Culture and Science, LDP Director-General of Personnel Bureau, and Acting Chair of Party Organization and Campaign Headquarters. He is also Deputy Secretary-General of Japan-Myanmar Parliamentary Friendship Association, member of Japan-Laos Parliamentary Friendship Association, and Permanent Secretary of Japan-Philippines Parliamentary Friendship Association.{{Cite web |title=NINOYU Satoshi {{!}} Liberal Democratic Party of Japan |url=https://www.jimin.jp/english/profile/members/114729.html |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=www.jimin.jp}}

Following the assassination of former-prime minister Abe, reports have highlighted Ninoyu's connections to the Unification Church (Moon sect),{{Cite web |title=二之湯大臣 旧統一教会との関わりに「事実」（テレビ朝日系（ANN）） |url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/7b26f7e30452909cf37c8c92f555df738a8aff12 |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Yahoo!ニュース |language=ja}}{{Cite web |title=安倍元首相銃撃事件で注目の旧統一教会「主導イベント」国家公安委員長が呼びかけ人だった！（SmartFLASH） |url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/b3f95dd0e9eafbe01f742863a7c23d18cb0f1fe9 |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Yahoo!ニュース |language=ja}} including leading an executive committee for the 2018 church-linked event.{{Cite web |title=Abe's death spotlights Unification Church links to Japan's LDP |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Abe-s-death-spotlights-Unification-Church-links-to-Japan-s-LDP |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Nikkei Asia |language=en-GB}}

As National Public Safety Commission chairperson, Ninoyu ordered police authorities to set up an investigation panel to look into the security issues following former-premier Shinzo Abe's assassination.{{Cite web |title=National Public Safety Commission chair inspects site of Abe shooting {{!}} NHK WORLD-JAPAN News |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220717_10/ |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=NHK WORLD |language=en}}

Ninoya’s son Takeshi Ninoya also served as a representative in the House of Councillors from 2013 to 2019, representing the Shiga Prefecture constituency.

His other son Shinji Ninoya was a member of the Kyoto Prefectural Assembly.

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• {{cite web |url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/diet/profile/0008/00008729.html |script-title=ja:政治家情報 〜二之湯 智〜 |website=www.senkyo.janjan.jp ザ･選挙 |publisher=JANJAN |accessdate=2007-11-17 |language=Japanese |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208145741/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/diet/profile/0008/00008729.html |archivedate=2007-12-08 }}

• [http://www.ninoyusatoshi.com/ Official website] in Japanese.

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Category:1944 births

Category:Living people

Category:Keio University alumni

Category:Members of the House of Councillors (Japan)

Category:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians

Category:Government ministers of Japan

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