Akinori Eto

Akinori Eto
Akinori Eto
江渡聡徳
Minister of Defense
	In office; 3 September 2014 – 24 December 2014
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe
Preceded by	Itsunori Onodera
Succeeded by	Gen Nakatani
Personal details
Born	October 12, 1955 (age 69); Towada, Aomori
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

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

^ "Abe’s reshuffle promotes right-wingers" (Korea Joongang Daily - 2014/09/05)

References

政治家情報〜江渡聡徳〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 3 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-20. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

Official website in Japanese.

Political offices
Preceded by Takahide Kimura	State Minister of Defense 2007–2008	Succeeded by Seigo Kitamura
Preceded by Akihisa Nagashima	State Minister of Defense 2012–2013	Succeeded by Ryota Takeda
Preceded by Itsunori Onodera	Minister of Defense 2014	Succeeded by Gen Nakatani
House of Representatives (Japan)
Preceded by Ryota Takeda	Chair, Lower House Committee on Security 2013–2014	Succeeded by Seigo Kitamura

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[1] "Abe’s reshuffle promotes right-wingers" (Korea Joongang Daily - 2014/09/05)

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