was a Japanese politician serving in the

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(national legislature) as a member of the

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for Kumamoto 4th district; following the 2017 general election when Kumamoto lost one seat due to reapportionment, he moved to the Kyūshū proportional representation block. He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), previous party affiliations have been independent→LDP→

New Party Sakigake The , also known as the New Harbinger Party, was a political party in Japan that broke away from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on 22 June 1993. The party was created by Masayoshi Takemura. The party was centrist, and had many reformist an ...

→Independent→LDP→ Sunrise Party of Japan→ Sunrise Party→

Japan Restoration Party The , also referred to in English as the Japan Restoration Association, was a Japanese political party. It was launched on 12 September 2012 and gained official recognition on 28 September 2012. The party grew from the regional Osaka Restoration ...

→

Party for Future Generations The , officially the , was a Japanese political party. It was formed as the on 1 August 2014 by a group of Diet members led by Shintarō Ishihara. The party adopted its final name in December 2015, and ended up dissolving in November 2018. Hist ...

→Sunrise Party→Party for Future Generations→LDP.

Career

A native of

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and graduate of

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, Sonoda was elected for the first time in

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, when he ran for his father's seat in

Kumamoto Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Kumamoto Prefecture has a population of 1,748,134 () and has a geographic area of . Kumamoto Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the north, Ōita Prefecture to ...

's 2nd district, a five-member district at the time. His father, the

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Sunao Sonoda was Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) who served as minister for foreign affairs and minister of health and welfare. He was called "flying foreign minister" due to his active diplomacy in increasing the role of Japan whe ...

, died in 1984. Hiroyuki Sonoda joined the Sunrise Party of Japan on April 10, 2010. The Sunrise Party merged with the

in 2012. In 2014 the former Sunrise Party members including Sonoda split away to form the Party for Future Generations. Hiroyuki Sonoda was affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby

Nippon Kaigi The Right side up ...

, and his late step-mother Tenkoko Sonoda (the second wife and the widow of his father) was a member of its representative committee.

Death

Sonoda died of pneumonia on November 11, 2018.Former Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Sonoda dies of pneumonia at 76
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References

External links

Official website
* House of Representatives: Members biographic summaries

* Liberal Democratic Party: Members of the Diet

(English

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