Yoshito Sengoku

Japanese politician (1946–2018)

仙谷由人

Sengoku at the 2010 World Economic Forum

Minister of JusticeIn office
22 November 2010 – 14 January 2011Prime MinisterNaoto KanPreceded byMinoru YanagidaSucceeded bySatsuki EdaMinister of State for the Abduction IssueIn office
22 November 2010 – 14 January 2011Prime MinisterNaoto KanPreceded byMinoru YanagidaSucceeded byKansei NakanoChief Cabinet SecretaryIn office
8 June 2010 – 14 January 2011Prime MinisterNaoto KanPreceded byHirofumi HiranoSucceeded byYukio EdanoMinister of State for National StrategyIn office
7 January 2010 – 8 June 2010Prime MinisterYukio HatoyamaPreceded byNaoto KanSucceeded bySatoshi AraiMinister of State for Civil Service ReformIn office
16 September 2009 – 8 June 2010Prime MinisterYukio HatoyamaPreceded byPosition establishedSucceeded byKōichirō GenbaMinister of State for Government RevitalisationIn office
16 September 2009 – 10 February 2010Prime MinisterYukio HatoyamaPreceded byPosition establishedSucceeded byYukio EdanoMember of the Japanese House of RepresentativesIn office
18 February 1990 – 4 December 2012Preceded byConstituency establishedSucceeded byMamoru FukuyamaConstituencyTokushima's 1st district (1996–2012, 1990–1993) Personal detailsBorn(1946-01-15)15 January 1946
Tokushima, JapanDied11 October 2018(2018-10-11) (aged 72)
Tokyo, JapanPolitical partyDemocratic Party (1996–present)Other political
affiliationsSocial Democratic Party (Before 1996)Alma mater University of Tokyo (Incomplete)WebsiteOfficial website

Yoshito Sengoku (仙谷由人, Sengoku Yoshito, born January 15, 1946 – October 11, 2018) was a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan.

Overviews

He was born in Tokushima, Tokushima prefecture. While studying in the University of Tokyo, he passed the bar exam and therefore dropped out of the university. He was elected for the first time in 1990 as a member of the Japan Socialist Party.

Viewed as a close ally of Prime Minister Naoto Kan, the opposition Liberal Democratic Party has labeled Sengoku as the "second" Prime Minister of the Kan cabinet. Sengoku denies that he wields any extraordinary influence in the government and praised Kan as a "strong leader".^[1]

In January 2011, he was ousted from his position as a top cabinet member due to swelling pressure from the opposition, namely the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito Party, to execute cabinet reform. Sengoku was replaced by Yukio Edano, who was expected to yield much influence over Kan as a protégé of Sengoku.

In March 2011, Prime Minister Naoto Kan appointed Sengoku as Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary.^[2]

He lost his seat in the December 16, 2012 general election.^[3]

References

^ "Sengoku's growing influence causes a stir". The Japan Times. 2010-10-23. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
^ "Kan brings Sengoku back into gov't to deal with nuke crisis". Kyodo News English. March 17, 2011. Archived from the original on March 20, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
^ Japan Times Nothing left for the election-gutted DPJ to do but rebuild December 18, 2012

External links

Official website Archived 2010-02-16 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)

House of Representatives (Japan)
Preceded by Masaharu Gotōda Takeo Miki Kazuyoshi Endō Motoharu Morishita Hironori Inoue	Representative for Tokushima's At-large district (multi-member) 1990–1993 Served alongside: Masaharu Gotōda, Shunichi Yamaguchi, Kazuyoshi Endō, Hironori Inoue	Succeeded by Masaharu Gotōda Shunichi Yamaguchi Kazuyoshi Endō Yoshihito Iwasa Akira Shichijō
New constituency	Representative for Tokushima's 1st district 1990-1993, 1996–2012	Succeeded by Mamoru Fukuyama
Party political offices
Preceded by Yukio Edano	Chairperson of the Policy Affairs Research Council of the Democratic Party 2004–2005	Succeeded by Takeaki Matsumoto
Political offices
New office	Minister of State for Civil Service Reform 2009–2010	Succeeded by Kōichirō Genba
New office	Minister of State for Government Revitalization 2009–2010	Succeeded by Yukio Edano
Preceded by Naoto Kan	Minister of State for National Strategy 2010	Succeeded by Satoshi Arai
Preceded by Hirofumi Hirano	Chief Cabinet Secretary 2010–2011	Succeeded by Yukio Edano
Preceded by Minoru Yanagida	Minister of Justice 2010–2011	Succeeded by Satsuki Eda
Preceded by Minoru Yanagida	Minister of State for the Abduction Issue 2010–2011	Succeeded by Kansei Nakano