Akinori Eto
Akinori Eto | |
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江渡 聡徳 | |
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Minister of Defense | |
In office 3 September 2014 – 24 December 2014 | |
Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
Preceded by | Itsunori Onodera |
Succeeded by | Gen Nakatani |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
Assumed office 9 November 2003 | |
In office 20 October 1996 – 25 June 2000 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Towada, Aomori | October 12, 1955
Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
Alma mater | Nihon University |
Website | Official website |
Akinori Eto (江渡 聡徳, Eto Akinori, born 1955) is a Japanese politician and the former defense minister of Japan.
Overview[]
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with Ashton Carter (March 17, 2013)
Eto is a politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Towada, Aomori, he attended Nihon University as both undergraduate and graduate. He was elected for the first time in 1996 but lost his seat in the re-election four years later. He was re-elected in 2003. Like Abe and most members of the Cabinet, he is affiliated to the openly revisionist organization Nippon Kaigi.[1]
Footnotes[]
References[]
- 政治家情報 〜江渡 聡徳〜. JANJAN (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 3 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-20.
External links[]
- Official website in Japanese.
Categories:
- 1955 births
- Japanese defense ministers
- Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians
- Living people
- People from Towada, Aomori
- Members of Nippon Kaigi
- Members of the House of Representatives (Japan)
- Nihon University alumni
- Politicians from Aomori Prefecture
- 21st-century Japanese politicians
- Japanese politician, 1950s birth stubs