Hideaki Ōmura
# Hideaki Ōmura

Hideaki Ōmura (大村 秀章, Ōmura Hideaki, born 9 March 1960) is a Japanese politician and the current governor of Aichi Prefecture.

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He was a former member of the Liberal Democratic Party, also a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Hekinan and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in 1982. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996. He was defeated in the 2009 election by DPJ candidate Kensuke Ōnishi.

