Seishirō Etō

Seishirō Etō
衛藤 征士郎
Etō in 2021
Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan
In office
16 September 2009 – 16 November 2012
MonarchAkihito
SpeakerTakahiro Yokomichi
Preceded byTakahiro Yokomichi
Succeeded byHirotaka Akamatsu
Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
In office
8 August 1995 – 11 January 1996
Prime MinisterTomiichi Murayama
Preceded byTokuichiro Tamazawa
Succeeded byHideo Usui
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
18 December 1983 – 9 October 2024
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byKen Hirose
ConstituencyŌita 1st (1983–1996)
Ōita 2nd (1996–2009; 2012–2024)
Kyushu PR (2009–2012)
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
11 July 1977 – 9 July 1983
Preceded byRyōhei Kudō
Succeeded byKeigi Kajiwara
ConstituencyŌita at-large
Mayor of Kusu
In office
April 1971 – July 1977
Personal details
Born (1941-04-29) 29 April 1941 (age 83)
Koshin, Zenranan-dō, Japanese Korea (now Gangjin, South Jeolla, South Korea)
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Alma materWaseda University

Seishirō Etō (衛藤 征士郎, Etō Seishirō, born April 29, 1941) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Councillors and the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). He is affiliated with the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi.[1][2]

Career

Etō with Keiji Furuya (at the Presidential Office Building (Republic of China) on 20 May 2016)

A native of Kusu District, Ōita, he attended Waseda University as both undergraduate and graduate. He was elected: in 1971 as the Mayor of the town of Kusu, Ōita, elected in 1977 to the House of Councilors and elected in 1983 to the House of Representatives for his inaugural term; Eto has been returned to office eight times for the 2nd District for Oita Prefecture. In 1995, he was the Director General of the Japan Defense Agency and in 2001, he was Senior Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs. In 2002, he was elected as a head of the LDP's Oita Prefecture chapter and in 2009, he was elected as Vice-Speaker for the House of Representatives.

Etō was a leader in the movement to make Mountain Day a national holiday.[3]

Honours

References

  1. ^ "日本会議の全貌——知られざる巨大組織の実態" Yoshifumi Tawara、2016/06/17。ISBN 9784763407818
  2. ^ "日本会議と神社本庁" ("Japan Conference and the Association of Shinto shrines") Muneo Narusawa 2016/06/28。ISBN 9784865720105
  3. ^ Warnock, Eleanor; Eric Pfanner (2014-05-22). "Lawmaker Discusses Significance of Mountain Day - Japan Real Time". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
  4. ^ "National Assembly of Armenia". parliament.am.
  5. ^ Decoraties Staatsbezoeken Japan en Republiek Korea Archived 2014-11-04 at the Wayback Machine - website of the Dutch Royal House
  6. ^ "172 people, including Mehwish Hayat, Wasim Akram, conferred national awards". Samaa TV.
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