Yoshio Nakagawa
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Preceded byMasaaki Takagi
Succeeded byGaku Hasegawa
ConstituencyHokkaido at-large
ConstituencyTokachi Subprefecture
Yoshio Nakagawa | |
|---|---|
中川 義雄 | |
 Official portrait, 2004 | |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
| In office 26 July 1998 – 25 July 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Masaaki Takagi |
| Succeeded by | Gaku Hasegawa |
| Constituency | Hokkaido at-large |
| Speaker of the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly | |
| In office May 1995 – June 1997 | |
| Member of the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1979–1998 | |
| Constituency | Tokachi Subprefecture |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 March 1938 |
| Party | Liberal Democratic |
| Other political affiliations | Sunrise (2010–2012) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Ichiro Nakagawa (brother) Shōichi Nakagawa (nephew) |
| Alma mater | Kanagawa University |
Yoshio Nakagawa (中川 義雄, Nakagawa Yoshio; born March 14, 1938) is a Japanese politician of the Sunrise Party of Japan, and a previous member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).
A native of Hiroo District, Hokkaidō and dropout of Kanagawa University, he was elected to the House of Councillors as a candidate for the Liberal Democratic Party for the first time in 1998 after serving in the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly for five terms.
He joined the Sunrise Party of Japan on April 10, 2010, but lost in House of Councillors election.
