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Akihiro Nishimura

PEP · Politician

Akihiro Nishimura is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	AAkihiro Nishimura · Akihiro Nishimura · Akihiro Nišimura · NISHIMURA Akihiro · Акихиро Нисимура · 3 more...				[sources]
Alias	Akihiro Nishimura · Akihiro Nišimura · NISHIMURA Akihiro · Нисимура, Акихиро · أكيهيرو نيشيمورا · 3 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	西村あきひろ				[sources]
Birth date	1960-07-16				[sources]
Place of birth	Kitakyūshū-shi				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Japan				[sources]
Citizenship	Japan				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Akihiro				[sources]
Last name	Nishimura				[sources]
Political association	LDP · Liberal Democratic Party				[sources]
Website	www.a-nishimura.jp · facebook.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4700938				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (2022-2023) · Minister of the Environment (2022-2023) · Shūgiin (member, 2014-2017) · Shūgiin (member, 2017-) · member of the House of Representatives of Japan · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Fukuoka Prefectural Kokura High School · School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University · Waseda University				[sources]
Source link	www.shugiin.go.jp				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-13	Last processed	2026-04-27	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Japanese politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness	2022-08-10	2023-09-13

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,466

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories346,545

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons278,393

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Japanese House of Representatives Members466

Current members of the Japanese House of Representatives (Shūgiin), the lower house of the National Diet of Japan.

Japan · Shūgiin

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Wikidata332,902

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions521,249

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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