Soichiro Ito (politician)

Soichiro Ito
伊藤 宗一郎
Ito in 1982
Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office
7 November 1996 – 2 June 2000
MonarchAkihito
DeputyKōzō Watanabe
Preceded byTakako Doi
Succeeded byTamisuke Watanuki
Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
In office
30 November 1981 – 27 November 1982
Prime MinisterZenkō Suzuki
Preceded byKoji Omura
Succeeded byKazuho Tanigawa
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
29 January 1967 – 4 September 2001
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byShintaro Ito
ConstituencyMiyagi 1st (1967–1996)
Miyagi 4th (1996–2001)
In office
21 November 1960 – 23 October 1963
ConstituencyMiyagi 1st
Personal details
Born(1924-03-21)21 March 1924
Ōsaki, Miyagi, Japan
Died4 September 2001(2001-09-04) (aged 77)
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
ChildrenShintaro Ito
Alma materTohoku University
Military service
Allegiance Japan
Branch/service Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service1940s
RankSecond Lieutenant

Soichiro Ito (伊藤宗一郎, Itō Sōichirō, 21 March 1924 – 4 September 2001) was a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1967 until his death in 2001. From 1981 to 1982, Ito was the Director General of the Japan Defense Agency.[1]

Born in Miyagi Prefecture in 1924, he studied law at Tohoku University and served briefly as a second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army.

References

  1. ^ Sebata, Takao (2010). Japan's Defense Policy and Bureaucratic Politics, 1976–2007. University Press of America. p. 158. ISBN 9780761850823.