Yoshio Nakagawa (中川 義雄, Nakagawa Yoshio, born March 14, 1938) is a Japanese politician of the Sunrise Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Hiroo District, Hokkaidō and dropout of Kanagawa University, he was elected to the House of Councillors as a candidate for the Liberal

Yoshio Nagawa
中川 義雄
Member of House of Councillors
In office
30 July 1998 – 11 July 2010
Preceded byHisashi Kazama
Noriyuki Nakao
Naoki Minezaki
20th Chairman of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly

Democratic Party for the first time in 1998 after serving in the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly for five terms. He is the younger brother of Ichirō Nakagawa.

He joined the Sunrise Party of Japan on April 10, 2010, but lost in House of Councillors election.

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  • 政治家情報 〜中川 義雄〜. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on December 8, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-16. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
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House of Councillors
Preceded by Councillor for Hokkaidō
1998–2010
Served alongside: Naoki Minezaki
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by
Sotoji Sakurai
Speaker of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly
1995–1997
Succeeded by
Makoto Iwamoto