Yoshihide Suga

Yoshihide Suga
Yoshihide Suga
	菅義偉
	Yoshihide Suga announcing the name of the Reiwa era on 1 April 2019
Chief Cabinet Secretary
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 25 December 2012
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe
Preceded by	Osamu Fujimura
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
	In office; 26 September 2006 – 27 August 2007
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe
Preceded by	Heizō Takenaka
Succeeded by	Hiroya Masuda
Member of the House of Representatives
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1996
Constituency	Kanagawa 2nd district
Personal details
Born	6 December 1948; Yuzawa, Akita, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Alma mater	Hosei University
Website	Official website

Yoshihide Suga (菅義偉, Suga Yoshihide, born 6 December 1948) is a Japanese politician currently serving as Chief Cabinet Secretary. He previously served as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications in the cabinet of Shinzō Abe until August 2007.

with Ichita Yamamoto and Satsuki Katayama (September 19, 2006)

He was born in Ogachi (now Yuzawa), Akita Prefecture and obtained an LL.B. from Hosei University in Tokyo. He served as a secretary to Diet member Hikosaburō Okonogi for eleven years, then as secretary to the Minister of International Trade and Industry in 1984 and later as a member of the Yokohama city council.

Suga was elected to the Diet of Japan in 1996. Originally a member of the Obuchi faction, he left the faction after refusing to support Obuchi in the 1998 party elections. He also refused to participate in the no confidence motion against Yoshirō Mori in 2000 and better relations with China and Korea as leader.

Affiliated to the openly negationist organisation Nippon Kaigi,[1] Suga has formed a team to reexamine the "background" of the Kono Statement of 1993.[2]

Suga has been supportive of aggressive measures by the Bank of Japan to counter deflation.[3]

Suga announced the name of the new imperial era, Reiwa, on April 1st, 2019.[4]

References

"Abe’s reshuffle promotes right-wingers" - Korea Joongang Daily - 2014/09/05
"Japan to review lead-up to WW2 comfort women statement". www.bbc.com. The BBC. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
"Government Applauds BOJs Step Into Negative Territory". Japan Times. 13 March 2016.
Osaki, Tomohiro; Murakami, Sakura (2019-04-01). "Reiwa: Japan reveals name of new era ahead of Emperor's abdication". The Japan Times Online. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2019-04-01.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

House of Representatives of Japan
New title New constituency	Representative for Kanagawa 2nd district 1996–present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Osamu Fujimura	Chief Cabinet Secretary 2012–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Heizō Takenaka	Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan 2006–2007	Succeeded by Hiroya Masuda
New creation	Minister of State for Decentralisation Reform 2006–2007	Succeeded by Hiroya Masuda

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[1] "Abe’s reshuffle promotes right-wingers" - Korea Joongang Daily - 2014/09/05

[2] "Japan to review lead-up to WW2 comfort women statement". www.bbc.com. The BBC. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.

[3] "Government Applauds BOJs Step Into Negative Territory". Japan Times. 13 March 2016.

[4] Osaki, Tomohiro; Murakami, Sakura (2019-04-01). "Reiwa: Japan reveals name of new era ahead of Emperor's abdication". The Japan Times Online. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2019-04-01.