Hideo Usui

Hideo Usui
臼井 日出男
Official portrait, 2000
Minister of Justice
In office 5 October 1999 – 4 July 2000
Prime Minister	Keizō Obuchi Yoshirō Mori
Preceded by	Takao Jinnouchi
Succeeded by	Okiharu Yasuoka
Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
In office 11 January 1996 – 7 November 1996
Prime Minister	Ryutaro Hashimoto
Preceded by	Seishirō Etō
Succeeded by	Fumio Kyūma
Member of the House of Representatives
In office June 22, 1980 – October 10, 2003
In office September 11, 2005 – July 21, 2009
Personal details
Born	(1939-01-03) January 3, 1939 (age 85) Chiba, Chiba
Alma mater	Chuo University

Hideo Usui (臼井 日出男, Usui Hideo, born 3 January 1939) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, and a former member of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet. He served as Minister of Justice from 1999 to 2000.

A native of Chiba city and a graduate of Chuo University,^[1] he was elected for the first time in 1980 after an unsuccessful run in 1979. He served until losing his seat in the 2003 general election. He regained the seat in the 2005 general election, and retired after the 2009 general election. In 1996 he served as Director General of the Japan Defense Agency.

His eldest son, Shoichi Usui, is also a politician. He was elected to the House of Councillors in 2022, representing the Chiba at-large district.^[2]

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