Kentaro Sonoura | |
Office: | Special Advisor to the Prime Minister in charge of important national security policies |
Birth Date: | 3 June 1972 |
Birth Place: | Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Alma Mater: | University of Tokyo (LLB) |
Party: | Independent (2022-present) |
Otherparty: | LDP (2002-2022) |
Office1: | Member of the House of Representatives from Chiba |
Primeminister: | Shinzo Abe |
Termstart: | 3 August 2017 |
Termend: | 11 September 2019 |
Termstart1: | 19 December 2012 |
Termend1: | 21 December 2022 |
Termstart2: | 11 September 2005 |
Termend2: | 21 July 2009 |
Constituency1: | Chiba 5th |
Constituency2: | Chiba 5th |
Successor: | Mitsuhiro Miyakoshi |
Predecessor: | Masahiko Shibayama |
Successor1: | Arfiya Eri |
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He represented the 5th District of Chiba prefecture. A native of Takamatsu, Kagawa and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected for the first time in the 2005 general election after an unsuccessful run in 2003.