Shintaro Ito | |
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伊藤 信太郎 | |
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| Minister of the Environment | |
| In office 13 September 2023 – 1 October 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Fumio Kishida |
| Preceded by | Akihiro Nishimura |
| Succeeded by | Keiichiro Asao |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 19 December 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Keiki Ishiyama |
| In office 19 October 2001 – 21 July 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Soichiro Ito |
| Succeeded by | Keiki Ishiyama |
| Constituency | Miyagi 4th |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 May 1953 Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Parent | Soichiro Ito(father) |
Shintaro Ito (伊藤 信太郎, Itō Shintarō, born May 6, 1953) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Tokyo and graduate of Keio University, he received his master's degrees from Keio University and Harvard University and completed a program at the American Film Institute. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2001. He served as Minister of the Environment and as Minister in the Cabinet Office for Special Tasks (Nuclear Disaster Prevention) in the second reshuffled Cabinet of Prime Minister Kishida until the dissolution of the Cabinet on October 1, 2024.[1]
In 1988, Ito directed development for a political video game, America Daitōryō Senkyo.
- ^ "ITO Shintaro". Prime Minister's Office of Japan. n.d.