Yoshihide Suga
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Yoshihide Suga | |
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菅 義偉 | |
.jpg) Yoshihide Suga announcing the name of the Reiwa era on 1 April 2019 | |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | |
| Assumed office 25 December 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Osamu Fujimura |
| Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications | |
| In office 26 September 2006 – 27 August 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Heizō Takenaka |
| Succeeded by | Hiroya Masuda |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 1996 | |
| Constituency | Kanagawa 2nd district |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 December 1948 Yuzawa, Akita, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic |
| Alma mater | Hosei University |
| Website | Official website |
Yoshihide Suga (菅 義偉, Suga Yoshihide, born 6 December 1948) is a Japanese politician currently serving as Chief Cabinet Secretary. He previously served as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications in the cabinet of Shinzō Abe until August 2007.
He was born in Ogachi (now Yuzawa), Akita Prefecture and obtained an LL.B. from Hosei University in Tokyo. He served as a secretary to Diet member Hikosaburō Okonogi for eleven years, then as secretary to the Minister of International Trade and Industry in 1984 and later as a member of the Yokohama city council.
Suga was elected to the Diet of Japan in 1996. Originally a member of the Obuchi faction, he left the faction after refusing to support Obuchi in the 1998 party elections.[citation needed] He also refused to participate in the no confidence motion against Yoshirō Mori in 2000 and better relations with China and Korea as leader.[citation needed]
Affiliated to the openly negationist organisation Nippon Kaigi,[1] Suga has formed a team to reexamine the "background" of the Kono Statement of 1993.[2]
Suga has been supportive of aggressive measures by the Bank of Japan to counter deflation.[3]
Suga announced the name of the new imperial era, Reiwa, on April 1st, 2019.[4]
References
- ^ "Abe’s reshuffle promotes right-wingers" - Korea Joongang Daily - 2014/09/05
- ^ "Japan to review lead-up to WW2 comfort women statement". www.bbc.com. The BBC. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
- ^ "Government Applauds BOJs Step Into Negative Territory". Japan Times. 13 March 2016.
- ^ Osaki, Tomohiro; Murakami, Sakura (2019-04-01). "Reiwa: Japan reveals name of new era ahead of Emperor's abdication". The Japan Times Online. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
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- Living people
- Ministers of Internal Affairs of Japan
- 1948 births
- Members of the House of Representatives (Japan)
- Yokohama City Councilors
- Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians
- Members of Nippon Kaigi
- Hosei University alumni
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau
- 21st-century Japanese politicians