Shinji Satō

Shinji Satō
佐藤 信二
Official portrait, 1996
Minister of International Trade and Industry
In office
7 November 1996 – 11 September 1997
Prime MinisterRyutaro Hashimoto
Preceded byShunpei Tsukahara
Succeeded byMitsuo Horiuchi
Minister of Transport
In office
27 December 1988 – 3 June 1989
Prime MinisterNoboru Takeshita
Preceded byShintaro Ishihara
Succeeded byShinjirō Yamamura
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
9 November 2003 – 8 August 2005
ConstituencyChūgoku PR
In office
7 October 1979 – 2 June 2000
Preceded byNobusuke Kishi
Succeeded byHideo Hiraoka
ConstituencyFormer Yamaguchi 2nd (1979–1996)
Yamaguchi 2nd (1996–2000)
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
8 July 1974 – 16 September 1979
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byConstituency abolished (1980)
ConstituencyNational district
Personal details
Born(1932-02-08)8 February 1932
Died3 May 2016(2016-05-03) (aged 84)
PartyLiberal Democratic
Parent
RelativesSatō–Kishi–Abe family
Alma materKeio University
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Shinji Satō (佐藤 信二 Satō Shinji, 8 February 1932 – 3 May 2016) was a Japanese politician who was minister of transport from 1988 to 1989, and Minister of International Trade and Industry from 1996 to 1997. He was also a member of the House of Councillors from 1974 to 1979, and a member of the House of Representatives from 1979 to 2000 and again from 2003 to 2005. He was member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A member of the Satō-Kishi-Abe family, he was the second son of Prime Minister Eisaku Satō.