Eiichi Nishimura

was a Japanese politician, who served in the Ikeda, Satō, Tanaka and Fukuda cabinets, and was the first to be appointed to the post of Director of the National Land Agency. Within the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), he held influence in Eisaku Satō and Kakuei Tanaka factions, becoming known as the "king's counselor", or the one able to speak his mind with ease.

Early life Nishimura was born on 28 August 1897, in Higashikunisaki District, Ōita. He then went on to serve under Eisaku Satō, as Construction Minister, on two separate occasions.

In the 1970s, while Nishimura continued to serve in various cabinet posts, including as the first Director of the National Land Agency under Kakuei Tanaka, he also began to solidify his rise in the LDP, firstly as leader of the Tanaka faction within the party and then becoming vice president of the party as a whole by the end of the decade.

Nishimura retired from politics in 1983. He died on 15 September 1987.

Honours Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure (1968) Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (1973)