Koji Sato (politician)
Koji Sato (佐藤 公治, Satō Kōji, born July 28, 1959) is a Japanese politician.
Overview
He is a politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Mitsugi District, Hiroshima and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 as a member of Ichirō Ozawa's Liberal Party after running unsuccessfully in 1996 as a member of the New Frontier Party. After the Liberal Party merged with the DPJ, he won the 2003 re-election but lost the 2005 re-election. In 2007, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time.
References
- 政治家情報 〜佐藤 公治〜. JANJAN ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-11-11.
External links
- Official website in Japanese.
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- 1959 births
- Living people
- Politicians from Hiroshima Prefecture
- Keio University alumni
- Members of the House of Representatives (Japan)
- Members of the House of Councillors (Japan)
- New Frontier Party (Japan) politicians
- 20th-century Japanese politicians
- Liberal Party (Japan, 1998) politicians
- Democratic Party of Japan politicians
- 21st-century Japanese politicians
- Japanese politician, 1950s birth stubs