Yuichiro Hata

Yuichiro Hata
羽田 雄一郎
Hata in 2019
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
In office
4 June 2012 – 26 December 2012
Prime MinisterYoshihiko Noda
Preceded byTakeshi Maeda
Succeeded byAkihiro Ota
Minister of State for Ocean Policy
In office
4 June 2012 – 1 October 2012
Prime MinisterYoshihiko Noda
Preceded byTakeshi Maeda
Succeeded bySeiji Maehara
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
3 January 1999 – 27 December 2020
Preceded byMaki Murasawa
Succeeded byJiro Hata
ConstituencyNagano at-large
Personal details
Born
羽田 雄一郎 (Hata Yūichirō)

(1967-07-29)29 July 1967
Tokyo, Japan
Died27 December 2020(2020-12-27) (aged 53)
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyCDP (2020)
Other political
affiliations
DPJ (before 2016)
DP (2016–2018)
DPP (2018–2020)
RelationsJiro Hata (brother)
Parents
Alma materTamagawa University
Websitehttp://www.y-hata.jp/

Yuichiro Hata (羽田 雄一郎, Hata Yūichirō, 29 July 1967 – 27 December 2020) was a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan.

A native of Setagaya, Tokyo, and graduate of Tamagawa University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1999, a position he retained until his death in 2020. Hata was the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism from 4 June 2012 to 26 December 2012.

He was the son of the late Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata.