Sohei Miyashita

Sohei Miyashita
宮下 創平
Official portrait, 1998
Minister of Health and Welfare
In office
30 July 1998  14 January 1999
Prime MinisterKeizō Obuchi
Preceded byJunichirō Koizumi
Succeeded byYuya Niwa
Director-General of the Environmental Agency
In office
14 August 1994  8 August 1995
Prime MinisterTomiichi Murayama
Preceded byShin Sakurai
Succeeded byTadamori Oshima
Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
In office
5 November 1991  12 December 1992
Prime MinisterKiichi Miyazawa
Preceded byYukihiko Ikeda
Succeeded byToshio Nakayama
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
7 October 1979  10 October 2003
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byIchiro Miyashita
ConstituencyNagano 3rd (1979–1996)
Nagano 5th (1996–2003)
Personal details
Born(1927-11-10)10 November 1927
Ina, Nagano, Japan
Died7 October 2013(2013-10-07) (aged 85)
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
ChildrenIchiro Miyashita
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo

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.