Koji Sato (politician)
Appearance
Koji Sato (佐藤 公治, Satō Kōji, born July 28, 1959) is a Japanese politician.
Koji Sato | |
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佐藤 公治 | |
in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture (June 17, 2013) | |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
Assumed office 22 October 2017 | |
Preceded by | Shizuka Kamei |
Constituency | Hiroshima 6th district |
In office 25 June 2000 – 8 August 2005 | |
Constituency | Chugoku PR block |
Member of the House of Councillors | |
In office 29 July 2007 – 28 July 2013 | |
Constituency | Hiroshima at-large district |
Personal details | |
Born | Mukaishima, Mitsugi District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan | 28 July 1959
Political party | CDP |
Other political affiliations | New Frontier (until 1997, dissolution) Liberal (1998-2003, merger) Democratic (2003-2012) Tomorrow (2012) Liberal (2012-2017) Kibō no Tō (2017-2018, dissolution) Independent (2018-2020) |
Alma mater | Keio University |
Overview
[edit]He is a politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Mitsugi District, Hiroshima and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 as a member of Ichirō Ozawa's Liberal Party after running unsuccessfully in 1996 as a member of the New Frontier Party. After the Liberal Party merged with the DPJ, he won the 2003 re-election but lost the 2005 re-election. In 2007, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time.
References
[edit]- 政治家情報 〜佐藤 公治〜. JANJAN ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-11-11.
External links
[edit]- Official website in Japanese.
Categories:
- 1959 births
- Living people
- Politicians from Hiroshima Prefecture
- Keio University alumni
- Members of the House of Representatives (Japan)
- Members of the House of Councillors (Japan)
- New Frontier Party (Japan) politicians
- 20th-century Japanese politicians
- Liberal Party (Japan, 1998) politicians
- Democratic Party of Japan politicians
- 21st-century Japanese politicians
- Japanese politician, 1950s birth stubs