Koji Sato (politician) explained

is a Japanese politician.

Koji Sato
Native Name Lang:ja
Office:Member of the House of Representatives
Term Start:22 October 2017
Predecessor:Shizuka Kamei
Constituency:Hiroshima 6th district
Term Start1:25 June 2000
Term End1:8 August 2005
Constituency1:Chugoku PR block
Office2:Member of the House of Councillors
Term Start2:29 July 2007
Term End2:28 July 2013
Constituency2:Hiroshima at-large district
Birth Date:28 July 1959
Birth Place:Mukaishima, Mitsugi District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Party:CDP
Otherparty:New Frontier

Liberal

Democratic

Tomorrow

Liberal

Kibō no Tō

Independent
Alma Mater:Keio University

Overview

He is a politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Mitsugi District, Hiroshima and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 as a member of Ichirō Ozawa's Liberal Party after running unsuccessfully in 1996 as a member of the New Frontier Party. After the Liberal Party merged with the DPJ, he won the 2003 re-election but lost the 2005 re-election. In 2007, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time.

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