Yūzan Fujita

Yūzan Fujita
藤田 雄山
Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture
In office
29 November 1993 – 28 November 2009
MonarchAkihito
Preceded byToranosuke Takeshita
Succeeded byHidehiko Yuzaki
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
24 July 1989 – 10 November 1993
Preceded byMasaaki Fujita
Succeeded byKensei Mizote
ConstituencyHiroshima at-large
Personal details
Born(1949-04-19)19 April 1949
Died18 December 2015(2015-12-18) (aged 66)
Hiroshima, Japan
PartyLiberal Democratic
Parent
RelativesHiroo Ōhara (grandfather)
Alma materKeio University

Yūzan Fujita (藤田 雄山, Fujita Yūzan; April 19, 1949 – December 18, 2015) was a Japanese politician and the governor of Hiroshima Prefecture from 1993 to 2009. A native of Minami-ku, Hiroshima and graduate of Keio University, he had served in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan since 1989 for one term before being elected governor.