Sohei Miyashita

Sohei Miyashita
Sohei Miyashita
宮下創平
Minister of Health and Welfare
	In office; 30 July 1998 – 14 January 1999
Prime Minister	Keizō Obuchi
Preceded by	Junichirō Koizumi
Succeeded by	Yuya Niwa
Director-General of the Environmental Agency
	In office; 14 August 1994 – 8 August 1995
Prime Minister	Tomiichi Murayama
Preceded by	Shin Sakurai
Succeeded by	Tadamori Oshima
Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
	In office; 5 November 1991 – 12 December 1992
Prime Minister	Kiichi Miyazawa
Preceded by	Yukihiko Ikeda
Succeeded by	Toshio Nakayama
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 7 October 1979 – 10 October 2003
Constituency	Nagano 3rd district; (1979-1996); Nagano 5th district; (1996-2003)
Personal details
Born	10 November 1927; Ina, Nagano, Empire of Japan
Died	7 October 2013 (aged 85); Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party
Children	Ichiro Miyashita

Sohei Miyashita (宮下創平, Miyashita Sohei, 10 November 1927 – 7 October 2013) was a Japanese politician who served as Minister of Health and Welfare from 1998 to 1999, Director-General of the Environmental Agency from 1994 to 1995 and Director-General of the Defense Agency from 1991 to 1992.

A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, Miyashita served in the House of Representatives from 1979 to 2003.

Biography[edit]

Miyashita was born in Nagano Prefecture on 10 November 1927 to a family of farmers. He attended the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, but after the academy was abolished under the American occupation he enrolled in the University of Tokyo. He joined the Ministry of Finance after graduating in 1951.^[1]

Miyashita had a long career in the Ministry. He was seconded as a secretary to the Chief Cabinet Secretary Shigeru Hori in 1968. He also worked as a budget examiner. He resigned from the Ministry to run in the 1979 House of Representatives election. He elected for the first time and would serve for seven terms.^[1] ^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Miyashita was a member of the Seiwakai within the Liberal Democratic Party. In December 1990 he became director of the LDP General Affairs Bureau, which handled election measures. Miyashita was appointed director general of the Japan Defense Agency in the cabinet of Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa on 5 November 1991, and served in the post until 12 December 1992.^[6]^[7]

Miyashita served as appointed director general of the Environmental Agency to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama from August 1994 to August 1995.^[3] Miyashita succeeded Shin Sakurai in the post when the latter resigned from office due to his statements about the role of Japan in World War II.^[8]

Miyashita was made subcommitee chairman of the LDP Tax Commission in November 1996 and remained until he was appointed minister of health and welfare in the cabinet of Prime Minister Keizō Obuchi.^[9]^[10] He left in January 1999 and was again made subcommitee chairman of the LDP Tax Commission in July 2000. He continued in that role until his retired from politics by not running in the 2003 election. His son Ichiro Miyashita was elected in his stead.^[11]^[12]

Miyashita died of pneumonia in Tokyo on 7 October 2013.^[13]

References[edit]

(一)^ ^a ^b"宮下創平の歩み". 宮下創平のホームページ. Archived from the original on 23 October 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2023. (二)^ Takao Sebata (5 June 2010). Japan's Defense Policy and Bureaucratic Politics, 1976-2007. University Press of America. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-7618-5082-3. (三)^ ^a ^bRei Shiratori (1996). "Description of Japanese Politics in 1995". European Journal of Political Research. 30. (四)^ "Obuchi names cabinet". Trends in Japan. 31 July 1998. Retrieved 14 October 2013. (五)^ "Coalition cabinet formed". Trends in Japan. 20 January 1999. Retrieved 24 October 2013. (六)^ "自民党、国対委員長に梶山氏を起用。". The Nihon Keizai Shimbun. Tokyo. 30 December 1990. Retrieved 15 December 2023. (七)^ "Japanese ministries". Rulers. Retrieved 14 October 2013. (八)^ "Briefs". St Louis Post-Dispatch. AP/Reuters. 15 August 1994. (九)^ "法人税軽減など焦点に、自民税調、週明け本格論議。". The Nihon Keizai Shimbun. Tokyo. 16 November 1996. Retrieved 15 December 2023. (十)^ "Japan's new cabinet lineup". Japan Policy & Politics. 3 August 1998. Retrieved 14 October 2013. (11)^ "株譲渡益﹁申告﹂一本化へ――個人の株離れ懸念、証券界、﹁源泉﹂廃止延期求める。". The Nihon Keizai Shimbun. Tokyo. 26 July 2000. Retrieved 15 December 2023. (12)^ "Japan to see US$14.6 billion net tax cut". China Daily. Tokyo. 13 December 2002. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013 – via Highbeam. (13)^ "Sohei Miyashita, a former Minister of Health and Welfare death". Uzuzu. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2013.

External links[edit]

Media related to Sohei Miyashita at Wikimedia Commons

House of Representatives (Japan)
Preceded by Eiji Nonaka	Chair, House of Representatives Audit Committee 1988–1989	Succeeded by Yasushi Nakamura
Political offices
Preceded by Yukihiko Ikeda	Head of the Japan Defense Agency 1991–1992	Succeeded by Toshio Nakayama
Preceded by Shin Sakurai	Head of the Environmental Agency 1994–1995	Succeeded by Tadamori Oshima
Preceded by Junichiro Koizumi	Minister of Health and Welfare 1998–1999	Succeeded by Yuya Niwa
Party political offices
Preceded by Sadatoshi Ozato	Director of the General Affairs Bureau, Liberal Democratic Party 1990–1991	Succeeded by Hiromu Nonaka
Preceded by Yoshiro Hayashi	Subcommittee Chairman of the Tax Research Commission, Liberal Democratic Party 1996–1998	Succeeded by Yuji Tsushima
Preceded by Yuji Tsushima	Subcommittee Chairman of the Tax Research Commission, Liberal Democratic Party 2000–2003	Succeeded by Nobutaka Machimura
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by Ryuzo Sejima	Chairman of the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery Memorial Foundation 2007–2013	Succeeded by Mitsuo Horiuchi

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