Chikara Sakaguchi

Chikara Sakaguchi
坂口 力
Official portrait, 2000
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
In office
6 January 2001  27 September 2004
Prime MinisterYoshirō Mori
Junichiro Koizumi
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byHidehisa Otsuji
Minister of Health and Welfare
In office
5 December 2000  6 January 2001
Prime MinisterYoshirō Mori
Preceded byYūji Tsushima
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Minister of Labour
In office
5 December 2000  6 January 2001
Prime MinisterYoshirō Mori
Preceded byYoshio Yoshikawa
Succeeded byOffice abolished
In office
9 August 1993  28 April 1994
Prime MinisterMorihiro Hosokawa
Preceded byMasakuni Murakami
Succeeded byKunio Hatoyama
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
19 July 1993  16 November 2012
ConstituencyTōkai PR
In office
19 December 1983  24 January 1990
ConstituencyMie 1st
In office
11 December 1972  19 May 1980
ConstituencyMie 1st
Personal details
Born (1934-04-01) April 1, 1934
Hakusan, Mie, Japan
Political partyKomeito
Other political
affiliations
New Frontier
Alma materMie University

Chikara Sakaguchi (坂口 力, Sakaguchi Chikara; born April 1, 1934) is a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives between 1972 and 2012, and as Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare from 2001 to 2004.