Yoshito Sengoku

Yoshito Sengoku
仙谷 由人
Sengoku at the 2010 World Economic Forum
Minister of Justice
In office
22 November 2010 – 14 January 2011
Prime MinisterNaoto Kan
Preceded byMinoru Yanagida
Succeeded bySatsuki Eda
Minister of State for the Abduction Issue
In office
22 November 2010 – 14 January 2011
Prime MinisterNaoto Kan
Preceded byMinoru Yanagida
Succeeded byKansei Nakano
Chief Cabinet Secretary
In office
8 June 2010 – 14 January 2011
Prime MinisterNaoto Kan
Preceded byHirofumi Hirano
Succeeded byYukio Edano
Minister of State for National Strategy
In office
7 January 2010 – 8 June 2010
Prime MinisterYukio Hatoyama
Preceded byNaoto Kan
Succeeded bySatoshi Arai
Minister of State for Civil Service Reform
In office
16 September 2009 – 8 June 2010
Prime MinisterYukio Hatoyama
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byKōichirō Genba
Minister of State for Government Revitalisation
In office
16 September 2009 – 10 February 2010
Prime MinisterYukio Hatoyama
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byYukio Edano
Member of the Japanese House of Representatives
In office
18 February 1990 – 4 December 2012
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byMamoru Fukuyama
ConstituencyTokushima's 1st district (1996–2012, 1990–1993)
Personal details
Born(1946-01-15)15 January 1946
Tokushima, Japan
Died11 October 2018(2018-10-11) (aged 72)
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyDemocratic Party (1996–present)
Other political
affiliations		Social Democratic Party (Before 1996)
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo (Incomplete)
WebsiteOfficial website

Yoshito Sengoku (仙谷 由人, Sengoku Yoshito, born January 15, 1946 – October 11, 2018) was a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan.