Seishirō Etō

Seishirō Etō (衛藤 征士郎, Etō Seishirō, born April 29, 1941) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). He is affiliated to the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi[2][3].

Seishirō Etō
衛藤 征士郎
Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan
In office
16 September 2009 – 16 November 2012
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
Assumed office
18 December 1983
Member of Councillors
In office
July 1977 – 18 December 1983
Mayor of Kusu Town
In office
April 1971 – July 1977[1]
Personal details
Born (1941-04-29) 29 April 1941
Kusu, Ōita, Japan
Alma materWaseda University

Career
With Keiji Furuya (at the Presidential Office Building 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.[4]

Honours

References
  1. https://www.seishiro.jp/profile/ryakureki_yakusyoku.html Etō's Website
  2. "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
  3. "日本会議と神社本庁" ("Japan Conference and the Association of Shinto shrines") Muneo Narusawa 2016/06/28。ISBN 9784865720105
  4. Warnock, Eleanor; Eric Pfanner (2014-05-22). "Lawmaker Discusses Significance of Mountain Day - Japan Real Time". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
  5. "National Assembly of Armenia". parliament.am.
  6. Decoraties Staatsbezoeken Japan en Republiek Korea Archived 2014-11-04 at the Wayback Machine - website of the Dutch Royal House
  7. "172 people, including Mehwish Hayat, Wasim Akram, conferred national awards". Samaa TV.


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