Hiroshi Miyazawa

For the Japanese footballer, see Hiroshi Miyazawa (footballer).

Hiroshi Miyazawa (宮澤 弘, Miyazawa Hiroshi; 22 September 1921 – 26 May 2012) was a Japanese politician who served as the Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture from 1973 to 1981 and the Minister of Justice from 1995 to 1996.

Hiroshi Miyazawa
宮澤 弘
Minister of Justice
In office 9 October 1995 – 11 January 1996
Prime Minister	Tomiichi Murayama
Preceded by	Tomoharu Tazawa
Succeeded by	Ritsuko Nagao
Member of the House of Councillors
In office 30 November 1981 – 25 July 1998
Preceded by	Izuo Nagano
Succeeded by	Ikuo Kamei
Constituency	Hiroshima at-large
Governor of Hiroshima
In office 16 December 1973 – 29 October 1981
Monarch	Hirohito
Preceded by	Izuo Nagano
Succeeded by	Toranosuke Takeshita
Personal details
Born	(1921-09-22)22 September 1921 Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan
Died	26 May 2012(2012-05-26) (aged 90) Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Children	Yoichi Miyazawa
Relatives	Kiichi Miyazawa (brother)
Alma mater	Tokyo Imperial University

Biography

Miyazawa was born in 1921.^[1] He was the younger brother of Kiichi Miyazawa.

He was elected as governor of Hiroshima in December 1973 for the Liberal Democratic Party, and defeated the Japanese Communist Party candidate Noriaki Yamada.^[2] As governor he advocated greater autonomy for local governors.

On 9 October 1996, he was appointed Minister of Justice and replaced Tomoharu Tazawa in the post.^[1] During his tenure Miyazawa tried to use the anti-subversion law against the Aum Shinrikyo sect.^[3]

In September 2000, as a private citizen, Miyazawa penned an article in Asahi Shimbun, in which he criticized local authorities in Japan for refusing to enroll children of Aum Shinrikyo members in schools.^[4]