is a retired Japanese politician of the
Liberal Democratic Party
Several political parties from around the world have been called the Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Liberal Party or Liberal Democrats. These parties have usually followed liberalism as ideology, although they can vary widely from very progr ...
, who served as the
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission in
Shinzo Abe
Shinzo Abe (21 September 1954 – 8 July 2022) was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), LDP) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020. ...
's cabinet from August 2007 to August 2008. He also served as a member of the
House of Councillors
The is the upper house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Representatives (Japan), House of Representatives is the lower house. The House of Councillors is the successor to the pre-war House of Peers (Japan), House of Peers. If the t ...
in the
Diet of Japan
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, legislature = 215th Session of the National Diet
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(parliament).
Born in former town of
Yoshii, Fukuoka was a town located in Ukiha District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 17,223 and a density of 608.80 persons per km2. The total area was 28.29 km2.
On March 20, 2005, Yoshii, along with the for ...
, he graduated from
Kyushu University
, abbreviated to , is a public research university located in Fukuoka, Japan, on the island of Kyushu. Founded in 1911 as the fourth Imperial University in Japan, it has been recognised as a leading institution of higher education and resear ...
with a degree in engineering. He was elected for the first time in 1992.
References
Members of the House of Councillors (Japan)
Living people
1937 births
Kyushu University alumni
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians
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