Minoru Yanagida
Native name柳田 稔
OfficeMinister of Justice
Prime ministerNaoto Kan
Term start17 September 2010
Term end22 November 2010
PredecessorKeiko Chiba
SuccessorYoshito Sengoku
Office 1Member of the House of Councillors
Constituency 1Hiroshima at-large
Term start 126 July 1998
Term end 125 July 2022
Predecessor 1Kimiko Kurihara
Successor 1Eri Mikami
Office 2Member of the House of Representatives
Constituency 2Hiroshima 3rd
Term start 219 February 1990
Term end 227 September 1996
Predecessor 2Masakatsu Okada
Successor 2Constituency abolished
Birth date6 November 1954 (age 71)
Birth placeKagoshima City, Kagoshima, Japan
PartyIndependent
(1998–2004; 2020–present)
Other partyDSP (1990–1994)
NFP (1994–1998)
DPJ (2004–2016)
DP (2016–2018)
DPP (2018–2020)
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]

References

  1. ^ "ja: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.