Chikara Sakaguchi

Chikara Sakaguchi
坂口 力
Official portrait, 2000
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
In office
6 January 2001 – 27 September 2004
Prime MinisterYoshirō Mori
Junichiro Koizumi
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byHidehisa Otsuji
Minister of Health and Welfare
In office
5 December 2000 – 6 January 2001
Prime MinisterYoshirō Mori
Preceded byYūji Tsushima
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Minister of Labour
In office
5 December 2000 – 6 January 2001
Prime MinisterYoshirō Mori
Preceded byYoshio Yoshikawa
Succeeded byOffice abolished
In office
9 August 1993 – 28 April 1994
Prime MinisterMorihiro Hosokawa
Preceded byMasakuni Murakami
Succeeded byKunio Hatoyama
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
19 July 1993 – 16 November 2012
ConstituencyTōkai PR
In office
19 December 1983 – 24 January 1990
ConstituencyMie 1st
In office
11 December 1972 – 19 May 1980
ConstituencyMie 1st
Personal details
Born (1934-04-01) April 1, 1934 (age 90)
Hakusan, Mie, Japan
Political partyKomeito
Other political
affiliations
New Frontier
Alma materMie University

Chikara Sakaguchi (坂口 力, Sakaguchi Chikara, born April 1, 1934) is a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives between 1972 and 2012, and as Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare from 2001 to 2004.[1]

  1. ^ Larimer, Tim (15 October 2001). "A Whole Lot at Steak". Time. Archived from the original on October 30, 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2011.