Mitsuhide Iwaki

Mitsuhide Iwaki
Minister of Justice
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 October 2015
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe
Preceded by	Yōko Kamikawa
Personal details
Born	4 December 1949 Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party
Alma mater	Sophia University

Mitsuhide Iwaki (岩城 光英 Iwaki Mitsuhide, born December 4, 1949) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the National Diet (national legislature). A native of Iwaki, Fukushima and graduate of Sophia University with the B.L., he worked at Suntory and had served in the city assembly of Iwaki for two terms since 1980, in the assembly of Fukushima Prefecture for two terms since 1986 and as mayor of Iwaki for two terms since 1990. He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998.

Iwaki was named Minister of Justice in Shinzo Abe cabinet on October 7, 2015.

Conservative views

Iwaki is a member of the Sinseiren parliamentary group (fundamentalist Shinto).

On October 18, 2015, a few days after joining Shinzo Abe's cabinet, Iwaki visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine.^[1]

References

1. "Two cabinet ministers visit Yasukuni shrine" (Japan Times 2015/10/18)

• 政治家情報 〜岩城 光英〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-24. External link in |work= (help)