| Seishirō Etō | |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Office: | Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan |
| Term Start: | 16 September 2009 |
| Term End: | 16 November 2012 |
| 1Blankname: | Speaker |
| 1Namedata: | Takahiro Yokomichi |
| Predecessor: | Takahiro Yokomichi |
| Successor: | Hirotaka Akamatsu |
| Office1: | Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency |
| Primeminister1: | Tomiichi Murayama |
| Term Start1: | 8 August 1995 |
| Term End1: | 11 January 1996 |
| Predecessor1: | Tokuichiro Tamazawa |
| Successor1: | Hideo Usui |
| Office2: | Member of the House of Representatives |
| Term Start2: | 18 December 1983 |
| Office3: | Member of Councillors |
| Term Start3: | July 1977 |
| Term End3: | 18 December 1983 |
| Office4: | Mayor of Kusu Town |
| Term Start4: | April 1971 |
| Term End4: | July 1977[1] |
| Birth Date: | 29 April 1941 |
| Birth Place: | Koshin,Zenranan-dō,Japanese Korea (now Gangjin, South Jeolla, South Korea |
| Party: | Liberal Democratic Party |
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). He is affiliated with the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi.[2] [3]
A native of Kusu District, Ōita, he attended Waseda University as both undergraduate and graduate. He was elected: in 1971 as the Mayor of the town of Kusu, Ōita, elected in 1977 to the House of Councilors and elected in 1983 to the House of Representatives for his inaugural term; Eto has been returned to office eight times for the 2nd District for Oita Prefecture. In 1995, he was the Director General of the Japan Defense Agency and in 2001, he was Senior Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs. In 2002, he was elected as a head of the LDP's Oita Prefecture chapter and in 2009, he was elected as Vice-Speaker for the House of Representatives.
Etō was a leader in the movement to make Mountain Day a national holiday.[4]
Armenia: Medal of Honour by the National Assembly of Armenia.[5]
Netherlands: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau (29 October 2014)[6]
Pakistan: Hilal-i-Pakistan (2019).[7]