Sohei Miyashita

Sohei Miyashita
宮下 創平
Minister of Health and Welfare
In office 30 July 1998 – 14 January 1999
Prime Minister	Keizō Obuchi
Preceded by	Junichirō Koizumi
Succeeded by	Yuya Niwa
Director-General of the Environmental Agency
In office 14 August 1994 – 8 August 1995
Prime Minister	Tomiichi Murayama
Preceded by	Shin Sakurai
Succeeded by	Tadamori Oshima
Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
In office 5 November 1991 – 12 December 1992
Prime Minister	Kiichi Miyazawa
Preceded by	Yukihiko Ikeda
Succeeded by	Toshio Nakayama
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 7 October 1979 – 10 October 2003
Constituency	Nagano 3rd district (1979-1996) Nagano 5th district (1996-2003)
Personal details
Born	(1927-11-10)10 November 1927 Ina, Nagano, Empire of Japan
Died	7 October 2013(2013-10-07) (aged 85) Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party
Children	Ichiro Miyashita

Sohei Miyashita (宮下 創平, Miyashita Sohei, 10 November 1927 – 7 October 2013) was a Japanese politician who served as Minister of Health and Welfare from 1998 to 1999, Director-General of the Environmental Agency from 1994 to 1995 and Director-General of the Defense Agency from 1991 to 1992.

A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, Miyashita served in the House of Representatives from 1979 to 2003.