Yoshito Sengoku

Yoshito Sengoku
仙谷 由人
Sengoku at the 2010 World Economic Forum
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
ConstituencyTokushima at-large
Personal details
Born(1946-01-15)15 January 1946
Tokushima, Japan
Died11 October 2018(2018-10-11) (aged 72)
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyDP (2016–2018)
Other political
affiliations
JSP (before 1996)
SDP (1996)
DP (1996–1998)
DPJ (1998–2016)
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo (Incomplete)
WebsiteOfficial website

Yoshito Sengoku (仙谷 由人, Sengoku Yoshito, born 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.