Seishirō Etō

Japanese politician

衛藤征士郎

Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of JapanIn office
16 September 2009 – 16 November 2012SpeakerTakahiro YokomichiPreceded byTakahiro YokomichiSucceeded byHirotaka AkamatsuDirector-General of the Japan Defense AgencyIn office
8 August 1995 – 11 January 1996Prime MinisterTomiichi MurayamaPreceded byTokuichiro TamazawaSucceeded byHideo UsuiMember of the House of Representatives

Incumbent

Assumed office
18 December 1983Member of CouncillorsIn office
July 1977 – 18 December 1983Mayor of Kusu TownIn office
April 1971 – July 1977^[1] Personal detailsBorn (1941-04-29) 29 April 1941 (age 83)
Koshin,Zenranan-dō,Japanese Korea (now Gangjin, South Jeolla, South KoreaPolitical partyLiberal Democratic PartyAlma materWaseda University

Seishirō Etō (衛藤征士郎, Etō Seishirō, born April 29, 1941) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). He is affiliated with the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi.^[2]^[3]

Career

A native of Kusu District, Ōita, he attended Waseda University as both undergraduate and graduate. He was elected: in 1971 as the Mayor of the town of Kusu, Ōita, elected in 1977 to the House of Councilors and elected in 1983 to the House of Representatives for his inaugural term; Eto has been returned to office eight times for the 2nd District for Oita Prefecture. In 1995, he was the Director General of the Japan Defense Agency and in 2001, he was Senior Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs. In 2002, he was elected as a head of the LDP's Oita Prefecture chapter and in 2009, he was elected as Vice-Speaker for the House of Representatives.

Etō was a leader in the movement to make Mountain Day a national holiday.^[4]

Honours

Armenia: Medal of Honour by the National Assembly of Armenia.^[5]
Netherlands: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau (29 October 2014)^[6]
Pakistan: Hilal-i-Pakistan (2019).^[7]

References

^ https://www.seishiro.jp/profile/ryakureki_yakusyoku.html Archived 2019-08-18 at the Wayback Machine Etō's Website
^ "日本会議の全貌——知られざる巨大組織の実態" Yoshifumi Tawara、2016/06/17。ISBN 9784763407818
^ "日本会議と神社本庁" ("Japan Conference and the Association of Shinto shrines") Muneo Narusawa 2016/06/28。ISBN 9784865720105
^ Warnock, Eleanor; Eric Pfanner (2014-05-22). "Lawmaker Discusses Significance of Mountain Day - Japan Real Time". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
^ "National Assembly of Armenia". parliament.am.
^ Decoraties Staatsbezoeken Japan en Republiek Korea Archived 2014-11-04 at the Wayback Machine - website of the Dutch Royal House
^ "172 people, including Mehwish Hayat, Wasim Akram, conferred national awards". Samaa TV.