Hideki Niwa

Japanese politician

丹羽秀樹

Member of the House of RepresentativesIn office
11 September 2005 – 21 July 2009Preceded byYūkichi MaedaSucceeded byYoshihiro IshidaConstituencyAichi-6th

Incumbent

Assumed office
24 April 2011Preceded byYoshihiro IshidaConstituencyAichi-6th Personal detailsBorn (1972-12-20) 20 December 1972 (age 51)
Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, JapanPolitical partyLDPAlma materTamagawa UniversityWebsite2wa.jp//

Hideki Niwa (丹羽秀樹, Niwa Hideki, born 1972) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kasugai, Aichi and graduate of Tamagawa University, he was elected for the first time in 2005 after an unsuccessful run in 2003. He was defeated in the 2009 election by DPJ candidate Yoshihiro Ishida but regained his seat in special elections in 2011.

References

政治家情報〜丹羽秀樹〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-10-24. Retrieved 2007-10-10. NB: The source incorrectly states he is originally from the city of Kasukabe in Aichi.