Akio Sato (politician, born 1943)
Akio Sato (佐藤 昭郎, Satō Akio, born February 10, 1943) is a Japanese
Sato was born in Hiroshima Prefecture and graduated from Aomori Prefectural Hirosaki High School and the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Engineering. He joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in 1966, where he served as Director and Deputy Director of the Rural Development Bureau.
In the 18th House of Councillors regular election in 1998, he ran from a proportional representation district with the National Land Development Corporation as his support group and was elected. He served as Parliamentary Vice-Minister for the Director-General of the Defense Agency in the first Koizumi Cabinet and the first reshuffled Cabinet. Regarding the unpaid pension issue of politicians, he was unpaid for 1 year and 7 months.
Sato did not run in the 22nd House of Councillors regular election in 2010 and retired.
References
- 政治家情報 〜佐藤 昭郎〜 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 8 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-11.
- "佐藤昭郎". Wikipedia (in Japanese). 23 March 2024.
External links
- Official website in Japanese.