Fumio Kyūma

Fumio Kyūma
久間 章生
Official portrait, 1997
Minister of Defense
In office
9 January 2007  3 July 2007
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byYuriko Koike
Minister of State, Head of the Japan Defense Agency
In office
26 September 2006  8 January 2007
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Preceded byFukushiro Nukaga
Succeeded byOffice abolished
In office
7 November 1996  30 July 1998
Prime MinisterRyutaro Hashimoto
Preceded byHideo Usui
Succeeded byFukushiro Nukaga
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
1980  21 July 2009
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byEriko Fukuda
ConstituencyNagasaki 1st (1980–1996)
Nagasaki 2nd (1996–2009)
Member of the Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly
In office
April 1971  June 1980
Personal details
Born (1940-12-04) 4 December 1940
Minamishimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo

Fumio Kyūma (久間 章生, Kyūma Fumio; born 4 December 1940) is a Japanese politician who was a member of the Diet of Japan between 1980 and 2009. Kyuma graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1964 and worked for the Ministry of Agriculture. He was elected to the Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly in 1971 serving three terms before being elected to the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) for Nagasaki Number 2.