Seiichi Ota

Seiichi Ota
太田 誠一
Official portrait, 1998
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
In office
1 August 2008 – 19 September 2008
Prime MinisterYasuo Fukuda
Preceded byMasatoshi Wakabayashi
Succeeded by
Director-General of the Management and Coordination Agency
In office
30 July 1998 – 5 October 1999
Prime MinisterKeizō Obuchi
Preceded bySadatoshi Ozato
Succeeded byKunihiro Tsuzuki
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
12 September 2005 – 21 July 2009
Preceded byKazue Fujita
Succeeded byKazue Fujita
ConstituencyFukuoka 3rd
In office
23 June 1980 – 10 October 2003
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byKazue Fujita
ConstituencyFukuoka 1st (1980–1996)
Fukuoka 3rd (1996–2003)
Personal details
Born (1945-10-31) 31 October 1945 (age 79)
Fukuoka, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Other political
affiliations
New Frontier
RelativesKiyoko Fukuda (cousin)
Alma materFukuoka University

Seiichi Ota (太田 誠一, Ōta Seiichi, born 31 October 1945) is a former Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives. He is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the Koga faction. He is the cousin of Kiyoko Fukuda, who married Prime Minister of Japan Yasuo Fukuda.