Toshitsugu Saito | |
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斉藤 斗志二 | |
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| Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency | |
| In office 5 December 2000 – 26 April 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Junichiro Koizumi |
| Preceded by | Kazuo Torashima |
| Succeeded by | Gen Nakatani |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 1986 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 December 1944 Fuji, Shizuoka, Empire of Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | Sophia University Waseda University University of Washington |
Toshitsugu Saito (斉藤 斗志二, Saitō Toshitsugu, born December 27, 1944) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Fuji, Shizuoka and graduate of Sophia University, he attended Waseda University for graduate study and business school at the University of Washington in the United States. He was elected for the first time in 1986.
From 2001 to 2002 he was Director General of the Japan Defense Agency (now Minister of Defense).