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Hideo Hiraoka

Politician

Hideo Hiraoka 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	Hideo Hiraoka · Hiraoka Hideo · Хидэо Хираока · هيديو هيراوكا · 平冈秀夫 · 2 more...				[sources]
Other name	Хираока, Хидэо				[sources]
Birth date	1954-01-14				[sources]
Place of birth	Iwakuni · Iwakuni, Yamaguchi				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Japan				[sources]
Citizenship	Japan				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Hideo				[sources]
Last name	Hiraoka				[sources]
Political association	The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Independent				[sources]
Website	hiraokahideo.jp				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q984305				[sources]
Position	Minister of Justice (2011-2012) · member of the House of Representatives of Japan				[sources]
Education	Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo · University of Tokyo				[sources]
Source link	www.shugiin.go.jp				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Chugoku Bloc (proportional representation), elected six times

— Japanese House of Representatives Members, 2025-10-13

Japanese politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Justice	2011-09-02	2012-01-13

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories359,481

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,560

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Japanese House of Representatives Members465

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

Japan · Shūgiin

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,631

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Wikidata334,036

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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