Akihiro Nishimura (politician)

Akihiro Nishimura
西村 明宏
Official portrait, 2012
Minister of the Environment
In office 10 August 2022 – 13 September 2023
Prime Minister	Fumio Kishida
Preceded by	Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
Succeeded by	Shintaro Ito
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political affairs, House of Representatives)
In office 11 September 2019 – 16 September 2020
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Yasutoshi Nishimura
Succeeded by	Manabu Sakai
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 16 December 2012 – 9 October 2024
Preceded by	Kiyohito Hashimoto
Succeeded by	Tsuyoshi Yanagisawa
Constituency	Miyagi 3rd
In office 9 November 2003 – 21 July 2009
Preceded by	Hiroshi Mitsuzuka
Succeeded by	Kiyohito Hashimoto
Constituency	Miyagi 3rd
Personal details
Born	(1960-07-16) 16 July 1960 Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Alma mater	Waseda University

Akihiro Nishimura (西村 明宏, Nishimura Akihiro; born July 16, 1960) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party and a former member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

A native of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka he attended Waseda University as both undergraduate and graduate students.

In 2003, he was elected to the Diet for the first time.

• "政治家情報 〜西村 明宏〜". ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2007-10-10.

• Official website in Japanese