Yoshitaka Sakurada

Yoshitaka Sakurada
桜田 義孝
Yoshitaka Sakurada at Geneva, 2014
Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games [ja]
In office
2 October 2018 – 10 April 2019[1]
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Preceded byShunichi Suzuki
Succeeded byShunichi Suzuki
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 December 2012
ConstituencyChiba 8th
(2012-2021)
Southern Kanto PR block
(2021-present)
In office
20 October 1996 – 21 July 2009
ConstituencySouthern Kanto PR block
(2003-2005)
Chiba 8th
(1996-2000, 2005-2009)
Personal details
Born (1949-12-20) 20 December 1949 (age 74)
Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Alma materMeiji University
Sakurada with Kofi Annan at Nairobi (2000).
Yoshitaka Sakurada at Geneva, 2014
Yoshitaka Sakurada (2019)
Sakurada on 2018

Yoshitaka Sakurada (桜田 義孝, Sakurada Yoshitaka, born December 20, 1949) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).[2][3] He formerly served as Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in the Fourth Abe Cabinet.

  1. ^ "Japan's gaffe-prone Olympics minister resigns". Kyodo News. Tokyo, Japan. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  2. ^ 政治家情報 〜桜田 義孝〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on July 9, 2009. Retrieved 2007-10-20.
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