Akihiro Ohata

Akihiro Ohata
大畠 章宏
Official portrait, 2010
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
In office 14 January 2011 – 2 September 2011
Prime Minister	Naoto Kan
Preceded by	Sumio Mabuchi
Succeeded by	Takeshi Maeda
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
In office 17 September 2010 – 14 January 2011
Prime Minister	Yukio Hatoyama Naoto Kan
Preceded by	Masayuki Naoshima
Succeeded by	Banri Kaieda
Member of the House of Representatives from Northern Kanto
In office 19 February 1990 – 28 September 2017
Preceded by	Toyoji Shirochi
Succeeded by	Akimasa Ishikawa
Constituency	Ibaraki 2nd (1990–1996) PR block (1996–2000) Ibaraki 5th (2000–2017)
Member of the Ibaraki Prefectural Assembly
In office 1986–1990
Personal details
Born	(1947-10-05) 5 October 1947 Jōhoku, Ibaraki, Japan
Party	DPP (since 2018)
Other political affiliations	JSP (until 1996) SDP (1996) DP 1996 (1996–1998) DPJ (1998–2016) DP 2016 (2016–2018)
Alma mater	Tokyo City University
Website	Official website

Akihiro Ohata (大畠 章宏, Ōhata Akihiro; born 5 October 1947) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Higashiibaraki District, Ibaraki, he attended the Musashi Institute of Technology as both undergraduate and graduate. He was elected to the assembly of Ibaraki Prefecture where he served for one term and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990 as a member of the Japan Socialist Party.

Ohata with representatives of the General Federation of Private Railway and Bus Workers' Unions of Japan in 2011

References

• 政治家情報 〜大畠 章宏〜 [Politician information ~Akihiro Ohata~]. senkyo.janjan.jp/ (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 3 December 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2007.

External links

• Official website in Japanese.