Tsutomu Sato

Tsutomu Satō, 2008

Tsutomu Satō ( Japanese 佐藤勉 , Satō Tsutomu ; born June 20, 1952 in Mibu , Tochigi Prefecture ) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), member of the Shūgiin , the lower house, and former minister. Within the LDP he belongs to the Koga faction .

Life

Satō studied civil engineering at the Nihon Daigaku ; after graduating in 1975 he worked for the construction company Hazama and, from 1977, Satō Kōgyō .

In 1987 Satō was elected to the Tochigi Prefectural Parliament and confirmed in 1991 and 1995. He switched to national politics when he successfully ran for the seat in the 4th constituency of Tochigi in the 1996 Shūgiin election . He then won the constituency three times, but lost it in 2009 to Kenji Yamaoka and was only re-elected through the North Kanto proportional representation. In 2012 he was able to win back the constituency with an absolute majority.

In 2001 Satō was Parliamentary Secretary ( seimukan ) in the Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Affairs , and in 2007 State Secretary ( fuku-daijin ) in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication. In September 2008, Prime Minister Tarō Asō appointed him chairman of the National Public Security Commission and Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs and Civil Protection in his cabinet . On June 12, 2009 Satō took over the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication after the resignation of Kunio Hatoyama . On July 2, 2009, Motoo Hayashi , his predecessor as chairman of the National Public Security Commission, took over this ministerial post from Sato. Satō remained a minister until September 2009.

Individual evidence

↑ Hatoyama quits Aso Cabinet. Refusal to let Japan Post boss stay spurs exit. In: The Japan Times . June 12, 2009, accessed June 12, 2009 .
↑ Aso adds to Cabinet but LDP execs stay. Same-name pair tapped to fill in after resignations. In: The Japan Times . July 2, 2009, accessed July 2, 2009 .

Web links

Official website (Japanese, English)
The Japan Times : Cabinet Profiles (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Satō, Tsutomu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	佐藤勉 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Japanese politician
DATE OF BIRTH	June 20, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mibu (Tochigi) , Tochigi Prefecture , Japan

[1] Hatoyama quits Aso Cabinet. Refusal to let Japan Post boss stay spurs exit. In: The Japan Times . June 12, 2009, accessed June 12, 2009 .

[2] Aso adds to Cabinet but LDP execs stay. Same-name pair tapped to fill in after resignations. In: The Japan Times . July 2, 2009, accessed July 2, 2009 .