Mitsuhiro Miyakoshi

Mitsuhiro Miyakoshi (宮腰 光寛, Miyakoshi Mitsuhiro; born 21 December 1950) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) and Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs. A native of Kurobe, Toyama and dropout of Kyoto University, he was elected to the first of his four terms in the assembly of Toyama Prefecture in 1983 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1998.

Prime MinisterShinzo Abe

Preceded byTeru Fukui

Succeeded bySeiichi Eto

Prime MinisterShinzo Abe

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Mitsuhiro Miyakoshi
宮腰 光寛
Official portrait, 2016
Minister of State for Okinawa and the Northern Territories
In office 2 October 2018 – 11 September 2019
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Teru Fukui
Succeeded by	Seiichi Eto
Minister of State for Consumer and Food Safety
In office 2 October 2018 – 11 September 2019
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Teru Fukui
Succeeded by	Seiichi Eto
Minister of State for Declining Birth Rate
In office 2 October 2018 – 11 September 2019
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Masashi Matsuyama
Succeeded by	Seiichi Eto
Minister of State for Ocean Policy
In office 2 October 2018 – 11 September 2019
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Teru Fukui
Succeeded by	Seiichi Eto
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 23 August 1998 – 14 October 2021
Preceded by	Hiroshi Sumi
Succeeded by	Hidetoshi Ueda
Constituency	Toyama 2nd
Member of the Toyama Prefectural Assembly
In office 1983–1998
Personal details
Born	(1950-12-21) 21 December 1950 (age 75) Kurobe, Toyama, Japan
Party	Liberal Democratic (since 1998)
Alma mater	Kyoto University

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Miyakoshi likes Awamori, an alcoholic beverage in Okinawa, very much.