was a

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politician. He held different cabinet posts.

Biography

Miyashita was born in 1927. He worked at the

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as a budget examiner. He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and served in the

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for seven terms. He was appointed director general of the Japan Defense Agency on 5 November 1991, replacing Yukihiko Ikeda in the post. Miyashita served in the post until 12 December 1992 when Toshio Nakayama succeeded him in the post. He was appointed head of the Environmental Agency to the

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led by

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on 14 August 1994. Miyashita succeeded Shin Sakurai in the post when the latter resigned from office due to his statements about the role of Japan in

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. In August 1998, Miyashita was appointed minister of health and welfare to the cabinet headed by Prime Minister

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. Then Miyashita was made chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's tax panel. Miyashita died of

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on 7 October 2013.

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* , - , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Miyashita, Sohei 20th-century Japanese politicians 1927 births 2013 deaths People from Nagano Prefecture University of Tokyo alumni Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Government ministers of Japan Japanese defense ministers Grand Cordons of the Order of the Rising Sun