Riki Kawara

Riki Kawara
瓦 力
Official portrait, 1997
Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
In office
5 October 1999  4 July 2000
Prime MinisterKeizō Obuchi
Preceded byHosei Norota
Succeeded byKazuo Torashima
In office
6 November 1987  24 August 1988
Prime MinisterNoboru Takeshita
Preceded byKurihara Yoshiyuki
Succeeded byKichirō Tazawa
Minister of Construction
In office
11 September 1997  30 July 1998
Prime MinisterRyutaro Hashimoto
Preceded byShizuka Kamei
Succeeded byKatsutsugu Sekiya
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
(Political affairs)
In office
17 July 1980  30 November 1981
Prime MinisterZenkō Suzuki
Preceded byKoichi Kato
Succeeded byYukihiko Ikeda
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
10 December 1972  21 July 2009
ConstituencyIshikawa 2nd (1972–1996)
Ishikawa 3rd (1996–2005)
Hokuriku-Shin'etsu PR (2005–2009)
Personal details
Born(1937-04-01)1 April 1937
Nanao, Ishikawa, Japan
Died13 January 2013(2013-01-13) (aged 75)
Nanao, Ishikawa, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Alma materChuo University

Tsutomu Kawara (瓦 力, Kawara Tsutomu; 1 April 1937 13 January 2013) was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party.