Hiroaki Nagasawa
Hiroaki Nagasawa | |
|---|---|
長沢 広明 | |
 Official portrait, 2017 | |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
| In office 26 July 2010 – 26 September 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | Shinji Takeuchi |
| Constituency | National PR |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 9 November 2003 – 8 August 2005 | |
| Constituency | Northern Kanto PR |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 August 1958 Tokyo, Japan |
| Party | Komeito |
| Alma mater | Toyo University |
Hiroaki Nagasawa (長沢 広明, Nagasawa Hiroaki; born 19 August 1958) is a Japanese politician and member of the Komeito Party of Japan and former Senior Vice Minister for the Reconstruction Agency. He resigned in September 2017 after letting a female acquaintance use a housing complex reserved for lawmakers.[1][2][3]
Early life
Nagasawa was born on 19 August 1958, in Tokyo, and studied sociology at Toyo University.[4]
Political career
In 1983, Nagasawa joined the Komei Shimbun, which was the official newspaper of the Komeito.[4] He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2003.[4]
Nagasawa served in the House of Councillors from 2010 to 2017, having been re-elected in July 2016.[1] Following his resignation, he was replaced as Senior Vice Minister by Masayoshi Hamada.
References
- 1 2 "Komeito member quits Diet over misuse of lawmakers' housing". The Japan Times. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ↑ "Hiroaki Nagasawa". Komeito. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017.
- ↑ "Hiroaki Nagasawa, who belonged to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) coalition Komeito Party ally, relinquished his position in the party as well, for allowing a female to stay in a housing complex for lawmakers, in violation of the party's rules". Xinhua News Agency. 26 September 2017. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
Hiroaki Nagasawa, who belonged to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) coalition Komeito Party ally, relinquished his position in the party as well, for allowing a female to stay in a housing complex for lawmakers, in violation of the party's rules.
- 1 2 3 "Mr. NAGASAWA Hiroaki". National Diet of Japan. 16 January 2017. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017.