Hidenao Nakagawa

Hideo Nakagawa
中川 秀直
Official portrait, 2000
Chief Cabinet Secretary and Director of the Okinawa Development Agency
In office
4 July 2000 – 27 October 2000
Prime MinisterYoshirō Mori
Preceded byMikio Aoki
Succeeded byYasuo Fukuda
Director of the Science and Technology Agency and Chair of the AEC
In office
11 January 1996 – 7 November 1996
Prime MinisterRyutaro Hashimoto
Preceded byYasuoki Urano
Succeeded byRiichiro Chikaoka
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
19 July 1993 – 16 December 2012
ConstituencyHiroshima 2nd (1993–1996)
Hiroshima 4th (1996–2009)
Chūgoku PR (2009–2012)
In office
23 June 1980 – 24 January 1990
ConstituencyHiroshima 2nd
In office
10 December 1976 – 7 September 1979
ConstituencyHiroshima 2nd
Personal details
Born (1944-02-02) 2 February 1944
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Other political
affiliations
New Liberal Club
ChildrenToshinao Nakagawa
Alma materKeio University

Hidenao Nakagawa (中川 秀直, Nakagawa Hidenao; born 2 February 1944) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Representatives of the Diet (parliament).

Political career

Nakagawa with members of First Hashimoto Cabinet (at the Prime Minister's Official Residence on 11 January 1996)

He served Yoshirō Mori as Chief Cabinet Secretary from July 2000 to October 2000.[1] In 2006 he was appointed secretary-general of the party.[2]

His son, Toshinao Nakagawa, would later serve as a Representative and Vice Minister of the Economy, Trade and Industry.[3]

References

  1. ^ Peter Martin (27 October 2000). "Japanese official resigns following bizarre cover-up". ABC. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  2. ^ Keiichi Yamamura (25 September 2006). "Abe Names Hidenao Nakagawa LDP Secretary-General (Update3)". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Vice Trade Minister Nakagawa resigns, admits to extramarital affair on Facebook". Mainichi Shimbun. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.