Koya Nishikawa | |
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西川 公也 | |
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | |
In office 3 September 2014 – 23 February 2015 |
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Prime Minister | Shinzo Abe |
Preceded by | Yoshimasa Hayashi |
Succeeded by | Yoshimasa Hayashi |
Personal details | |
Born |
(now ), Japan |
26 December 1942
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.