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 Minister	Naoto Kan
Preceded by	Minoru Yanagida
Succeeded by	Satsuki Eda
Minister of State for the Abduction Issue
In office 22 November 2010 – 14 January 2011
Prime Minister	Naoto Kan
Preceded by	Minoru Yanagida
Succeeded by	Kansei Nakano
Chief Cabinet Secretary
In office 8 June 2010 – 14 January 2011
Prime Minister	Naoto Kan
Preceded by	Hirofumi Hirano
Succeeded by	Yukio Edano
Minister of State for National Strategy
In office 7 January 2010 – 8 June 2010
Prime Minister	Yukio Hatoyama
Preceded by	Naoto Kan
Succeeded by	Satoshi Arai
Minister of State for Civil Service Reform
In office 16 September 2009 – 8 June 2010
Prime Minister	Yukio Hatoyama
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Kōichirō Genba
Minister of State for Government Revitalisation
In office 16 September 2009 – 10 February 2010
Prime Minister	Yukio Hatoyama
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Yukio Edano
Member of the Japanese House of Representatives for Tokushima's 1st district
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 February 1990
Preceded by	Constituency established
Personal details
Born	(1946-01-15) 15 January 1946 Tokushima, Japan
Political party	Democratic Party (1996–present)
Other political affiliations	Social Democratic Party (Before 1996)
Alma mater	University of Tokyo (Incomplete)
Website	Official website

Yoshito Sengoku (仙谷 由人, Sengoku Yoshito, born January 15, 1946) is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. He was born in Tokushima, Tokushima prefecture. While studying in the University of Tokyo, he passed the bar exam and therefore dropped out of the university. He was elected for the first time in 1990 as a member of the Japan Socialist Party.

Viewed as a close ally of Prime Minister Naoto Kan, the opposition Liberal Democratic Party has labeled Sengoku as the "second" Prime Minister of the Kan cabinet. Sengoku denies that he wields any extraordinary influence in the government and praised Kan as a "strong leader".

In January 2011, he was ousted from his position as a top cabinet member due to swelling pressure from the opposition, namely the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito Party, to execute cabinet reform. Sengoku has been replaced by Yukio Edano, who is expected to yield much influence over Kan as a protégé of Sengoku.

In March 2011, Prime Minister Naoto Kan appointed Yoshito Sengoku as Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary.

He lost his seat in the December 16, 2012 general election.

External links

• Official website (Japanese)

House of Representatives of Japan
Preceded by Masaharu Gotōda Takeo Miki Kazuyoshi Endō Motoharu Morishita Hironori Inoue	Representative for Tokushima's At-large district (multi-member) 1990–1993 Served alongside: Masaharu Gotōda, Shunichi Yamaguchi, Kazuyoshi Endō, Hironori Inoue	Succeeded by Masaharu Gotōda Shunichi Yamaguchi Kazuyoshi Endō Yoshihito Iwasa Akira Shichijō
New constituency	Representative for Tokushima's 1st district 1996–present	Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Yukio Edano	Chairperson of the Policy Affairs Research Council of the Democratic Party 2004–2005	Succeeded by Takeaki Matsumoto
Political offices
New office	Minister of State for Civil Service Reform 2009–2010	Succeeded by Kōichirō Genba
	Minister of State for Government Revitalization 2009–2010	Succeeded by Yukio Edano
Preceded by Naoto Kan	Minister of State for National Strategy 2010	Succeeded by Satoshi Arai
Preceded by Hirofumi Hirano	Chief Cabinet Secretary 2010–2011	Succeeded by Yukio Edano
Preceded by Minoru Yanagida	Minister of Justice 2010–2011	Succeeded by Satsuki Eda
	Minister of State for the Abduction Issue 2010–2011	Succeeded by Kansei Nakano