Minoru Yanagida

Minoru Yanagida
柳田 稔
Official portrait, 2010
Minister of Justice
In office
17 September 2010 – 22 November 2010
Prime MinisterNaoto Kan
Preceded byKeiko Chiba
Succeeded byYoshito Sengoku
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
26 July 1998 – 25 July 2022
Preceded byKimiko Kurihara
Succeeded byEri Mikami
ConstituencyHiroshima at-large
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
19 February 1990 – 27 September 1996
ConstituencyHiroshima 3rd
Personal details
Born (1954-11-06) 6 November 1954 (age 70)
Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Political partyDPP
Other political
affiliations
DSP
NFP
DPJ
DP
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo

Minoru Yanagida (柳田 稔, Yanagida Minoru, born 6 November 1954) is a former Japanese politician of the Democratic Party For the People who served as member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kagoshima, Kagoshima and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998 after serving in the House of Representatives for two terms since 1990.[1]

  1. ^ 政治家情報 〜柳田 稔〜 [Politician Information ~Minoru Yanagida~] (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-12-08. Retrieved 2007-11-20.