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Yoshito Sengoku
仙谷 由人
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Sengoku at the 2010 World Economic Forum
Minister of Justice
In office
22 November 2010 – 14 January 2011
Prime Minister Naoto Kan
Preceded by Minoru Yanagida
Succeeded by Satsuki Eda
Minister of State for the Abduction Issue
In office
22 November 2010 – 14 January 2011
Prime Minister Naoto Kan
Preceded by Minoru Yanagida
Succeeded by Kansei Nakano
Chief Cabinet Secretary
In office
8 June 2010 – 14 January 2011
Prime Minister Naoto Kan
Preceded by Hirofumi Hirano
Succeeded by Yukio Edano
Minister of State for National Strategy
In office
7 January 2010 – 8 June 2010
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama
Preceded by Naoto Kan
Succeeded by Satoshi Arai
Minister of State for Civil Service Reform
In office
16 September 2009 – 8 June 2010
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Kōichirō Genba
Minister of State for Government Revitalisation
In office
16 September 2009 – 10 February 2010
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Yukio Edano
Member of the Japanese House of Representatives
In office
18 February 1990 – 4 December 2012
Preceded by Constituency established
Succeeded by Mamoru Fukuyama
Constituency Tokushima's 1st district (1996–2012, 1990–1993)
Personal details
Born (1946-01-15)15 January 1946
Tokushima, Japan
Died 11 October 2018(2018-10-11) (aged 72)
Tokyo, Japan
Political party Democratic Party (1996–present)
Other political
affiliations
Social Democratic Party (Before 1996)
Alma mater University of Tokyo (Incomplete)
Website Official website: http://y-sengoku.com/

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.

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with Lee Kuan Yew (on May, 2012)
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with Goh Chok Tong (on May, 2012)

He was born in Tokushima, Tokushima prefecture. While studying in the University of Tokyo, he passed the bar exam and therefore dropped out of the university. He was elected for the first time in 1990 as a member of the Japan Socialist Party.

Viewed as a close ally of Prime Minister Naoto Kan, the opposition Liberal Democratic Party has labeled Sengoku as the "second" Prime Minister of the Kan cabinet. Sengoku denies that he wields any extraordinary influence in the government and praised Kan as a "strong leader".

In January 2011, he was ousted from his position as a top cabinet member due to swelling pressure from the opposition, namely the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito Party, to execute cabinet reform. Sengoku was replaced by Yukio Edano, who was expected to yield much influence over Kan as a protégé of Sengoku.

In March 2011, Prime Minister Naoto Kan appointed Sengoku as Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary.

He lost his seat in the December 16, 2012 general election.

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