Shinji Satō (politician)
Shinji Satō | |
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佐藤 信二 | |
Official portrait, 1996 | |
| Minister of International Trade and Industry | |
| In office 7 November 1996 – 11 September 1997 | |
| Prime Minister | Ryutaro Hashimoto |
| Preceded by | Shunpei Tsukahara |
| Succeeded by | Mitsuo Horiuchi |
| Minister of Transport | |
| In office 27 December 1988 – 3 June 1989 | |
| Prime Minister | Noboru Takeshita |
| Preceded by | Shintaro Ishihara |
| Succeeded by | Shinjirō Yamamura |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 9 November 2003 – 8 August 2005 | |
| Constituency | Chūgoku PR |
| In office 7 October 1979 – 2 June 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | Hideo Hiraoka |
| Constituency | Former Yamaguchi 2nd (1979–1996) Yamaguchi 2nd (1996–2000) |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
| In office 8 July 1974 – 16 September 1979 | |
| Constituency | National district |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 February 1932 Tabuse, Yamaguchi, Japan |
| Died | 3 May 2016 (aged 84) Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic |
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| Alma mater | Keio University |
Shinji Satō (佐藤 信二 Satō Shinji, February 8, 1932 – May 3, 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.