Isshu Sugawara

Summary

Isshu Sugawara (菅原 一秀, Sugawara Isshū, born 7 January 1962) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a former member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

Isshu Sugawara
菅原 一秀
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
In office
11 September 2019 – 25 October 2019
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Preceded byHiroshige Sekō
Succeeded byHiroshi Kajiyama
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
9 November 2003 – 3 June 2021
Preceded byKoichi Yoshida [ja]
Succeeded byIssei Yamagishi [ja]
ConstituencyTokyo PR block
(2009-2012)
Tokyo 9th
(2003-2009)
(2012-2021)
Personal details
Born (1962-01-07) 7 January 1962 (age 62)
Nerima, Tokyo, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party
Alma materWaseda University

Career edit

Sugawara is a native of Nerima, Tokyo, and a graduate of Waseda University. After an unsuccessful contest in 1990, he was elected to the assembly of Nerima, Tokyo, for the first time in 1991 serving for two terms. Having served in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly since 1997, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 2000. He ran again three years later and was elected for the first time in Tokyo 9th district.

His profile on the LPD website:[1]

  • Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Member
  • Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Labour and Welfare (Abe Cabinet)
  • Deputy Secretary-General of LDP
  • Deputy Director, Health, Labor and Welfare Division of LDP
  • Director, Economy, Trade and Industry Division of LDP
  • Senior Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

Positions edit

Affiliated to the openly revisionist and monarchist lobby Nippon Kaigi,[2] Sugawara supports the amendment of the Constitution of Japan, and a revision of the Constitution to allow the right of collective self-defense. He is opposed to the project that would allow women in the Imperial family to retain their Imperial status even after marriage, and to the plan to end all nuclear power plants by the end of the 2030s.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ jimin.jp/english/profile/members/114766.html - LDP website - retrieved 19 November 2014
  2. ^ Nippon Kaigi website
  3. ^ Mainichi questionnaire 2012 - senkyo.mainichi.jp/46shu/kaihyo_area_meikan.html?mid=A13009003003
  • 政治家情報 〜菅原 一秀〜. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved October 20, 2007. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)

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Political offices
Preceded by Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Labour and Welfare
2006–2007
Served alongside: Hirokazu Matsuno
Succeeded by
Preceded by Senior Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
2012–2013
Served alongside: Kazyoshi Akaba
Succeeded by
Preceded by Senior Vice Minister of Finance
2014–2015
Served alongside: Ichiro Miyashita
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
2019
Succeeded by