Mineichi Iwanaga

Mineichi Iwanaga (岩永峯一 Iwanaga Mineichi, born September 5, 1941) is a former Japanese politician.

Mineichi Iwanaga
岩永 峯一
Official portrait, 2005
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
In office 11 August 2005 – 31 October 2005
Prime Minister	Junichiro Koizumi
Preceded by	Junichiro Koizumi (acting)
Succeeded by	Shōichi Nakagawa
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 21 October 1996 – 21 July 2009
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Tenzo Okumura
Constituency	Shiga 3rd (1996–2003) Shiga 4th (2003–2009)
Speaker of the Shiga Prefectural Assembly
In office 1990–1991
Member of the Shiga Prefectural Assembly
In office 1975–1995
Personal details
Born	(1941-09-05) 5 September 1941 (age 83) Kōka, Shiga, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Alma mater	Chuo University

Third Realigned Koizumi Cabinet
(2005-10-31)

Secretary	Shinzō Abe
Internal Affairs	Heizō Takenaka
Justice	Seiken Sugiura
Foreign Affairs	Taro Aso
Finance	Sadakazu Tanigaki
Education	Kenji Kosaka
Health	Jirō Kawasaki
Agriculture	Shoichi Nakagawa
Economy	Toshihiro Nikai
Land	Kazuo Kitagawa
Environment	Yuriko Koike
Defense	Fukushiro Nukaga
Ministers of State	Tetsuo Kutsukake Kaoru Yosano Koki Chuma Iwao Matsuda Kuniko Inoguchi

Born in Koka, Shiga Prefecture, Iwanaga attended Koka Senior High School and graduated from the law faculty of Chuo University.

After serving as a town council member in Shiga, Iwanaga was elected to the House of Representatives in 1996, representing the fourth district of Shiga. He joined the Kato faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, but later switched to the Horiuchi faction. He became Vice Minister of Agriculture under the first Koizumi cabinet.^[1]

On August 11, 2005, Iwanaga became Minister of Agriculture following the resignation of Yoshinobu Shimamura.