Hideo Usui

Hideo Usui
臼井 日出男
Official portrait, 2000
Minister of Justice
In office
5 October 1999 – 4 July 2000
Prime MinisterKeizō Obuchi
Yoshirō Mori
Preceded byTakao Jinnouchi
Succeeded byOkiharu Yasuoka
Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
In office
11 January 1996 – 7 November 1996
Prime MinisterRyutaro Hashimoto
Preceded bySeishirō Etō
Succeeded byFumio Kyūma
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
June 22, 1980 – October 10, 2003
In office
September 11, 2005 – July 21, 2009
Personal details
Born (1939-01-03) January 3, 1939 (age 85)
Chiba, Chiba
Alma materChuo University

Hideo Usui (臼井 日出男, Usui Hideo, born 3 January 1939) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, and a former member of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet. He served as Minister of Justice from 1999 to 2000.