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Name
  
Tetsushi Sakamoto


Role
  
Japanese Politician

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Tetsushi Sakamoto (坂本 哲志, Sakamoto Tetsushi, born 1950) is a Japanese politician, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) representing the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan).

Career

A native of Ōzu, Kumamoto and graduate of Chuo University, he had served in the assembly of Kumamoto Prefecture for four terms since 1991. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003.

His profile on the LDP website:

  • Member, Kumamoto Prefectural Assembly
  • Parliamentary Secretary for Internal Affairs and Communications (Fukuda and Aso Cabinet)
  • Deputy Chairman, Diet Affairs Committee of LDP
  • Acting Director, Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Division of LDP
  • Chairman, Committee on Organizations Involved with Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of LDP
  • Senior Vice Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications / Senior Vice Minister of Cabinet Office

    • Sakamoto is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi, a member of the related group at the Diet, as well as of the group related to Shintō Seiji Renmei at the Diet.

    References

    Tetsushi Sakamoto Wikipedia
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