Hiroyuki Sonoda

Hiroyuki Sonoda
園田 博之
Sonoda in 2004
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
(Political affairs)
In office
30 June 1994  11 January 1996
Prime MinisterTomiichi Murayama
Preceded byNaoto Kitamura
Succeeded byKazō Watanabe
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
8 July 1986  11 November 2018
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byMasahisa Miyazaki
ConstituencyKumamoto 2nd (1986–1996)
Kumamoto 4th (1996–2017)
Kyushu PR (2017–2018)
Personal details
Born(1942-02-19)19 February 1942
Kawaura, Kumamoto, Japan
Died11 November 2018(2018-11-11) (aged 76)
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Other political
affiliations
NPS
Sunrise
JRP
PJK
Parent
RelativesTenkoko Sonoda (mother-in-law)
Alma materNihon University

Hiroyuki Sonoda (園田 博之, Sonoda Hiroyuki, February 19, 1942 – November 11, 2018) was a Japanese politician who served in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the House of Representatives for Kumamoto 4th district; following the 2017 general election when Kumamoto lost one seat due to reapportionment, he moved to the Kyūshū proportional representation block. He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), previous party affiliations have been independent→LDP→New Party Sakigake→Independent→LDP→Sunrise Party of JapanSunrise PartyJapan Restoration PartyParty for Future Generations→Sunrise Party→Party for Future Generations→LDP.