is a Japanese
politician
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...
of the
Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the
House of Representatives in the
Diet (national legislature). A native of
Matsudo City, Chiba he attended
Waseda University as an undergraduate and received a master's degree from
Meiji University
, abbreviated as Meiji (明治) or Meidai (明大'')'', is a private research university located in Chiyoda City, the heart of Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1881 as Meiji Law School (明治法律学校, ''Meiji Hōritsu Gakkō'') by three Meiji-er ...
. He was elected to the assembly of
Chiba Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to the ...
in 1995 (serving for one term) and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996. He was appointed by
Shinzo Abe as Minister of Reconstruction on 2 October 2018 and left the position on 11 September 2019. He was succeeded by
Kazunori Tanaka
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and Minister of Reconstruction. A native of Toyoura District, Yamaguchi and graduate of Hosei Univers ...
.
Remarks
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Yoshitaka Sakurada
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). He formerly served as Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in the Fourth Abe C ...
is Watanabe's old friend.
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Yoshio Mochizuki is similar to Watanabe.
References
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External links
Official websitein Japanese.
1950 births
Living people
People from Matsudo
Waseda University alumni
Members of the House of Representatives (Japan)
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians
Politicians from Chiba Prefecture
21st-century Japanese politicians
20th-century Japanese politicians
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