is a Japanese

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of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature). He is affiliated to the revisionist lobby

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Career

A native of

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, he attended

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as both undergraduate and graduate. He was elected: in 1971 as the Mayor of the town of

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, elected in 1977 to the

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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

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a national holiday.

Honours

* : Medal of Honour by the

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. * : Knight Grand Cross of the

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(29 October 2014) * :

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(2019).

References

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* Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Living people 1941 births Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Mayors of places in Japan Japanese defense ministers Waseda University alumni 21st-century Japanese politicians People from Gangjin County Members of Nippon Kaigi Recipients of Hilal-i-Pakistan Politicians from Ōita Prefecture {{Japan-mayor-stub