Yoshito Sengoku

Yoshito Sengoku
仙谷 由人
Sengoku at the 2010 World Economic Forum
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
(Political affairs, House of Representatives)
In office
17 March 2011 – 2 September 2011
Prime MinisterNaoto Kan
Preceded byHirohisa Fujii
Succeeded byTsuyoshi Saitō
Minister of Justice
In office
22 November 2010 – 14 January 2011
Prime MinisterNaoto Kan
Preceded byMinoru Yanagida
Succeeded bySatsuki Eda
Minister of State for the Abduction Issue
In office
22 November 2010 – 14 January 2011
Prime MinisterNaoto Kan
Preceded byMinoru Yanagida
Succeeded byKansei Nakano
Chief Cabinet Secretary
In office
8 June 2010 – 14 January 2011
Prime MinisterNaoto Kan
Preceded byHirofumi Hirano
Succeeded byYukio Edano
Minister of State for National Strategy
In office
7 January 2010 – 8 June 2010
Prime MinisterYukio Hatoyama
Preceded byNaoto Kan
Succeeded bySatoshi Arai
Minister of State for Civil Service Reform
In office
16 September 2009 – 8 June 2010
Prime MinisterYukio Hatoyama
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byKōichirō Genba
Minister of State for Government Revitalisation
In office
16 September 2009 – 10 February 2010
Prime MinisterYukio Hatoyama
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byYukio Edano
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
20 October 1996 – 4 December 2012
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byMamoru Fukuyama
ConstituencyTokushima 1st
In office
18 February 1990 – 18 June 1993
Preceded byMotoharu Morishita
Succeeded byYoshihito Iwasa
ConstituencyTokushima at-large
Personal details
Born(1946-01-15)15 January 1946
Died11 October 2018(2018-10-11) (aged 72)
Tokyo, Japan
PartyDemocratic (1998–2016)
Other political
affiliations
JSP (1990–1996)
SDP (1996)
DP 1996 (1996–1998)
DP 1998 (2016–2018)
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo (Incomplete)
WebsiteOfficial website
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Yoshito Sengoku (仙谷 由人, Sengoku Yoshito; 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.