Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and TourismIn office
14 January 2011 – 2 September 2011Prime MinisterNaoto KanPreceded bySumio MabuchiSucceeded byTakeshi MaedaMinister of Economy, Trade and IndustryIn office
17 September 2010 – 14 January 2011Prime MinisterYukio Hatoyama
Naoto KanPreceded byMasayuki NaoshimaSucceeded byBanri Kaieda Personal detailsBorn (1947-10-05) 5 October 1947 (age 76)
Jōhoku, Ibaraki, JapanPolitical partyDemocratic PartyAlma materTokyo City UniversityWebsiteOfficial website

Akihiro Ohata (大畠 章宏, Ōhata Akihiro, born October 5, 1947) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan^{[needs update]}, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Higashiibaraki District, Ibaraki, he attended the Musashi Institute of Technology as both undergraduate and graduate. He was elected to the assembly of Ibaraki Prefecture where he served for one term and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990 as a member of the Japan Socialist Party.

References

• 政治家情報 〜大畠 章宏〜 [Politician information ~Akihiro Ohata~]. senkyo.janjan.jp/ (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2007-10-20.

External links

• Official website in Japanese.

Political offices
Preceded by Sumio Mabuchi	Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism 2011	Succeeded by Takeshi Maeda
Preceded by Masayuki Naoshima	Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry 2010–2011	Succeeded by Banri Kaieda
House of Representatives (Japan)
Preceded by Hideaki Okabe	Representative for Ibaraki 5th district 2000–present	Incumbent
New title introduction of proportional representation	Representative for the Northern Kantō PR block 1996–2000	Succeeded by N/A
Preceded by Seiroku Kajiyama Toyoji Shirochi Shunpei Tsukahara	Representative for Ibaraki 2nd district (multi-member) 1990–1996 Served alongside: Seiroku Kajiyama, Shunpei Tsukahara	District eliminated