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). A native of Shimotsuga District, Tochigi and graduate of

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, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996 after serving in the assembly of

Tochigi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Tochigi Prefecture has a population of 1,943,886 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,408 Square kilometre, km2 (2,474 Square mile, sq mi). Tochigi ...

for three terms. In the Cabinet of Prime Minister

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, appointed on 24 September 2008, Sato was appointed as

Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission The is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the presiding officer of the National Public Safety Commission, which is the parent agency of the National Police Agency. The chairperson holds the rank of minister of state, and is a statutory memb ...

, Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs and Minister of State for Disaster Management. This was Sato's first Cabinet appointment. Sato also briefly served as

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and

Minister of State for Decentralization Reform The was a member of the Cabinet of Japan who was responsible for Decentralization Reform. The position was abolished during the 2nd administration of Shinzō Abe. The last minister was Yoshitaka Shindō. Ministers of State for Decentralization ...

in Aso's cabinet, from 12 June 2009 to 16 September 2009.

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in Japanese. 1952 births Living people Politicians from Tochigi Prefecture Nihon University alumni Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Ministers of Internal Affairs of Japan Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians 21st-century Japanese politicians {{Japan-politician-1950s-stub