Mineichi Iwanaga
Japanese politician
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| Intro | Japanese politician | |||
| Places | Japan | |||
| is | Politician | |||
| Work field | Politics | |||
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| Birth | 5 September 1941 | |||
| Age | 83 years | |||
| Star sign | Virgo | |||
| Politics: | Liberal Democratic Party | |||
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Mineichi Iwanaga (岩永峯一 Iwanaga Mineichi, born September 5, 1941) is a Japanese politician.
Born in Koka, Shiga Prefecture, Iwanaga attended Koka Senior High School and graduated from the law faculty of Chuo University.
After serving as a town council member in Shiga, Iwanaga was elected to the House of Representatives in 1996, representing the fourth district of Shiga. He joined the Kato faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, but later switched to the Horiuchi faction. He became Vice Minister of Agriculture under the first Koizumi cabinet.
On August 11, 2005, Iwanaga became Minister of Agriculture following the resignation of Yoshinobu Shimamura.