Isshu_Sugawara
Isshu Sugawara
Japanese politician
Isshu Sugawara (菅原 一秀, Sugawara Isshū, born 7 January 1962) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a former member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
Isshu Sugawara | |
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菅原 一秀 | |
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry | |
In office 11 September 2019 – 25 October 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Shinzo Abe |
Preceded by | Hiroshige Sekō |
Succeeded by | Hiroshi Kajiyama |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office 9 November 2003 – 3 June 2021 | |
Preceded by | Koichi Yoshida [ja] |
Succeeded by | Issei Yamagishi [ja] |
Constituency | Tokyo PR block (2009-2012) Tokyo 9th (2003-2009) (2012-2021) |
Personal details | |
Born | (1962-01-07) 7 January 1962 (age 62) Nerima, Tokyo, Japan |
Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
Alma mater | Waseda University |
Sugawara is a native of Nerima, Tokyo, and a graduate of Waseda University. After an unsuccessful contest in 1990, he was elected to the assembly of Nerima, Tokyo, for the first time in 1991 serving for two terms. Having served in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly since 1997, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 2000. He ran again three years later and was elected for the first time in Tokyo 9th district.
His profile on the LPD website:[1]
- Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Member
- Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Labour and Welfare (Abe Cabinet)
- Deputy Secretary-General of LDP
- Deputy Director, Health, Labor and Welfare Division of LDP
- Director, Economy, Trade and Industry Division of LDP
- Senior Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Affiliated to the openly revisionist and monarchist lobby Nippon Kaigi,[2] Sugawara supports the amendment of the Constitution of Japan, and a revision of the Constitution to allow the right of collective self-defense. He is opposed to the project that would allow women in the Imperial family to retain their Imperial status even after marriage, and to the plan to end all nuclear power plants by the end of the 2030s.[3]
- jimin.jp/english/profile/members/114766.doc - LDP website - retrieved 19 November 2014
- Nippon Kaigi website
- Mainichi questionnaire 2012 - senkyo.mainichi.jp/46shu/kaihyo_area_meikan.doc?mid=A13009003003
- 政治家情報 〜菅原 一秀〜. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved October 20, 2007.
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- Official website Archived 2007-10-28 at the Wayback Machine in Japanese.
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Preceded by | Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Labour and Welfare 2006–2007 Served alongside: Hirokazu Matsuno |
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Preceded by | Senior Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry 2012–2013 Served alongside: Kazyoshi Akaba |
Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Senior Vice Minister of Finance 2014–2015 Served alongside: Ichiro Miyashita |
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Preceded by | Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry 2019 |
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