Hideo Usui | |
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臼井 日出男 | |
 Official portrait, 1999 | |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 5 October 1999 – 4 July 2000 | |
| Prime Minister | Keizō Obuchi Yoshirō Mori |
| Preceded by | Takao Jinnouchi |
| Succeeded by | Okiharu Yasuoka |
| Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency | |
| In office 11 January 1996 – 7 November 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | Ryutaro Hashimoto |
| Preceded by | Seishirō Etō |
| Succeeded by | Fumio Kyūma |
| Member of theHouse of Representatives | |
| In office 11 September 2005 – 21 July 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Kaname Tajima |
| Succeeded by | Kaname Tajima |
| Constituency | Chiba 1st |
| In office 22 June 1980 – 10 October 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Kihara Minoru |
| Succeeded by | Kaname Tajima |
| Constituency | Former Chiba 1st (1980–1996) Chiba 1st (1996–2003) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1939-01-03)3 January 1939 (age 86) |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic |
| Children | Shoichi Usui |
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| Alma mater | Chuo University |
Hideo Usui (臼井 日出男,Usui Hideo; born 3 January 1939) is a retiredJapanesepolitician of theLiberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of theHouse of Representatives, the lower house of theNational Diet. He served asMinister of Justice from 1999 to 2000.
A native ofChiba city and a graduate ofChuo University,[1] he was elected for the first time in 1980 after an unsuccessful run in 1979. He served until losing his seat in the2003 general election. He regained the seat in the2005 general election, and retired after the2009 general election. In 1996 he served asDirector General of the Japan Defense Agency.
His eldest son,Shoichi Usui, is also a politician. He was elected to the House of Councillorsin 2022, representing theChiba at-large district.[2]
| House of Representatives (Japan) | ||
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| Preceded by | Representative forChiba 1st district 1980–1996 Served alongside:Kazuo Eguchi, Kazuo Torii,Kazuo Shii,Yoshihiko Noda, Mutsuo Shibata,Masayuki Okajima, ... | District eliminated |
| New district | Representative for Chiba 1st district (single-member) 1996–2003 | Succeeded by Kaname Tajima |
| Preceded by | Representative forChiba 1st district (single-member) 2005–2009 | |
| Preceded by | Chair,Lower House Committee on Education 1991 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Kiyoshi Ozawa | Chair,Lower House Committee on Science and Technology 1993–1994 | Succeeded by Matsusho Miyazato |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Head of the Japan Defense Agency 1996 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of Justice 1999–2000 | Succeeded by |
| Other offices | ||
| Preceded by | President of the Liberal National Congress 2015–present | Incumbent |
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