Wakio Mitsui

Wakio Mitsui
三井 辨雄
Official portrait, 2010
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
In office
1 October 2012 – 26 December 2012
Prime MinisterYoshihiko Noda
Preceded byYoko Komiyama
Succeeded byNorihisa Tamura
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
25 June 2000 – 16 November 2012
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byTakamori Yoshikawa
ConstituencyHokkaido PR (2000–2003)
Hokkaido 2nd (2003–2012)
Personal details
Born(1942-11-24)24 November 1942
Died1 April 2021(2021-04-01) (aged 78)
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
PartyDemocratic
Other political
affiliations
New Frontier (1996–1998)
Alma materShowa Pharmaceutical University
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Wakio Mitsui (三井 辨雄, Mitsui Wakio; November 24, 1942 – April 1, 2021) was a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Sapporo, Hokkaido and graduate of Showa Pharmaceutical University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 after an unsuccessful run in 1996.