Akihiro Nishimura (politician)

Akihiro Nishimura
西村 明宏
Official portrait, 2012
Minister of the Environment
In office
10 August 2022  13 September 2023
Prime MinisterFumio Kishida
Preceded byTsuyoshi Yamaguchi
Succeeded byShintaro Ito
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
(Political affairs, House of Representatives)
In office
11 September 2019  16 September 2020
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Preceded byYasutoshi Nishimura
Succeeded byManabu Sakai
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
16 December 2012  9 October 2024
Preceded byKiyohito Hashimoto
Succeeded byTsuyoshi Yanagisawa
ConstituencyMiyagi 3rd
In office
9 November 2003  21 July 2009
Preceded byHiroshi Mitsuzuka
Succeeded byKiyohito Hashimoto
ConstituencyMiyagi 3rd
Personal details
Born (1960-07-16) 16 July 1960
Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Alma materWaseda University

Akihiro Nishimura (西村 明宏, Nishimura Akihiro; born July 16, 1960) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party and a former member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).