Akihiro Ota

Akihiro Ota
太田 昭宏
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
In office 26 December 2012 – 7 October 2015
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe
Preceded by	Yuichiro Hata
Succeeded by	Keiichi Ishii
Personal details
Born	(1945-10-06) October 6, 1945 Shinshiro, Aichi, Japan
Political party	New Komeito Party, Liberal Democratic Party
Alma mater	Kyoto University

Akihiro Ota (太田 昭宏, Ōta Akihiro, born October 6, 1945) is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party. He was a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). In 2006 Ota became the president of Komeito Party, replacing Takenori Kanzaki. A native of Shinshiro, Aichi, Ota attended Kyoto University and received a master's degree. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 after an unsuccessful run in 1990. In the Japanese general election, 2009 he led his party to a major defeat at the hands of the left, losing power to the Democratic Party of Japan. New Komeito lost ten seats, including Ota's. He was replaced as party leader by Natsuo Yamaguchi on 8 September 2009. Ota is also said to be a member of the Alliance for Promoting the Assessment of a New Constitution which promotes constitutional revision..

External links

• Official website in Japanese.

Political offices
Preceded by Yuichiro Hata	Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism 2012-2015	Succeeded by Keiichi Ishii
Party political offices
Preceded by Takenori Kanzaki	President of New Komeito Party 2006-2009	Succeeded by Natsuo Yamaguchi