was a

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ese politician who served in the

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(national legislature) as a member of the

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for

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; following the 2017 general election when Kumamoto lost one seat due to reapportionment, he moved to the

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. He was a member of the

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→Independent→LDP→

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→Sunrise Party→Party for Future Generations→LDP.

Career

A native of

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and graduate of

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, Sonoda was elected for the first time in

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, when he ran for his father's seat in

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's 2nd district, a five-member district at the time. His father, the

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, died in 1984. Hiroyuki Sonoda joined the

on April 10, 2010. The Sunrise Party merged with the

in 2012. In 2014 the former Sunrise Party members including Sonoda split away to form the Party for Future Generations. Hiroyuki Sonoda was affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby

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, and his late step-mother Tenkoko Sonoda (the second wife and the widow of his father) was a member of its representative committee.

Death

Sonoda died of pneumonia on November 11, 2018.

References

External links

Official website
* House of Representatives: Members biographic summaries

* Liberal Democratic Party: Members of the Diet

(English

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