Minoru Harada

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Minoru Harada
6th President of Soka Gakkai
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 November 2006
Preceded by	Einosuke Akiya
Personal details
Born	(1941-11-08) November 8, 1941 (age 79)  Japan, Tokyo, Bunkyo-Ku
Alma mater	University of Tokyo

Minoru Harada (原田 稔, Harada Minoru, born 8 November 1941) is a Japanese Buddhist leader. He is the sixth president of the Soka Gakkai from 9 November 2006.^[1] He is also the Supreme Advisor of Sōka University and the Acting President of Soka Gakkai International (SGI).

In 1953, he became an adherent of Soka Gakkai (as one of the lay organizations of ). He attended Tokyo Metropolitan Bunkyo High School (now Tokyo Metropolitan Bunkyo Secondary Education School). He graduated from the University of Tokyo with the Bachelor of Economics degree. According to Soka Gakkai, he was a left-wing protester and a student activist, participating in the demonstration into the National Diet Building in the 1960s.^[2] He was the manager of the Student Division and the Youth Division of Soka Gakkai, and one of the Vice-Presidents of Soka Gakkai.

He became the sixth President of Soka Gakkai^[3] on 9 November 2006 following the resignation of Einosuke Akiya.^[1]

On 8 November 2014, (his birthday), Harada officially declared in the Seikyo Shimbun that the Dai Gohonzon image that was once venerated within the organization is no longer its Object of Worship, further disassociating Soka Gakkai from the Nichiren Shoshu Buddhist sect.

Soka Gakkai Presidency[]

Preceded by Einosuke Akiya

6th President of Soka Gakkai 9 November 2006 - present

Succeeded by Incumbent

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