Hidenao Nakagawa

Hideo Nakagawa
中川 秀直
Official portrait, 2000
Chief Cabinet Secretary and Director of the Okinawa Development Agency
In office 4 July 2000 – 27 October 2000
Prime Minister	Yoshirō Mori
Preceded by	Mikio Aoki
Succeeded by	Yasuo Fukuda
Director of the Science and Technology Agency and Chair of the AEC
In office 11 January 1996 – 7 November 1996
Prime Minister	Ryutaro Hashimoto
Preceded by	Yasuoki Urano
Succeeded by	Riichiro Chikaoka
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 19 July 1993 – 16 December 2012
Constituency	Hiroshima 2nd (1993–1996) Hiroshima 4th (1996–2009) Chūgoku PR (2009–2012)
In office 23 June 1980 – 24 January 1990
Constituency	Hiroshima 2nd
In office 10 December 1976 – 7 September 1979
Constituency	Hiroshima 2nd
Personal details
Born	(1944-02-02) 2 February 1944 Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Other political affiliations	New Liberal Club
Children	Toshinao Nakagawa
Alma mater	Keio University

Hidenao Nakagawa (中川 秀直, Nakagawa Hidenao, born 2 February 1944) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Representatives of the Diet (parliament).

Political career

Nakagawa with members of First Hashimoto Cabinet (at the Prime Minister's Official Residence on 11 January 1996)

He served Yoshirō Mori as Chief Cabinet Secretary from July 2000 to October 2000. In 2006 he was appointed secretary-general of the party.

His son, Toshinao Nakagawa, would later serve as a Representative and Vice Minister of the Economy, Trade and Industry.