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Koya Nishikawa

Koya Nishikawa
西川 公也
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Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
In office
3 September 2014 – 23 February 2015
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Preceded by Yoshimasa Hayashi
Succeeded by Yoshimasa Hayashi
Personal details
Born (1942-12-26) 26 December 1942 (age 74)
(now ), Japan
Political party Liberal Democratic Party
Alma mater Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Koya Nishikawa (西川 公也, Nishikawa Kōya?, born December 26, 1942) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of he attended Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology as both undergraduate and graduate students. After college, he worked at the government from 1967 to 1978. He was elected to the assembly of Tochigi Prefecture for the first time in 1979 and then to the Diet for the first time in 1996.



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