Tetsushi Sakamoto

Tetsushi Sakamoto (坂本 哲志, Sakamoto Tetsushi, born 1950) is a Japanese politician, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) representing the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan).

Sakamoto in 2008

Career

A native of Ōzu, Kumamoto and graduate of Chuo University, he had served in the assembly of Kumamoto Prefecture for four terms since 1991. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003.

His profile on the LDP website:[1]

  • Member, Kumamoto Prefectural Assembly
  • Parliamentary Secretary for Internal Affairs and Communications (Fukuda and Aso Cabinet)
  • Deputy Chairman, Diet Affairs Committee of LDP
  • Acting Director, Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Division of LDP
  • Chairman, Committee on Organizations Involved with Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of LDP
  • Senior Vice Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications / Senior Vice Minister of Cabinet Office

Sakamoto is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi,[2] a member of the related group at the Diet, as well as of the group related to Shintō Seiji Renmei at the Diet.

References
  1. Profile on LDP website - retrieved Nov 19, 2014
  2. Nippon Kaigi website
  • 政治家情報 〜坂本 哲志〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-10-24. Retrieved 2007-10-20. External link in |work= (help)
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