Shuichi Kato | |
Birth Date: | September 28, 1947 |
Occupation: | Japanese politician |
Party: | New Komeito Party |
Office: | Member House of Councillors in the National Diet |
Alma Mater: | Kitami Institute of Technology |
Education: | Hokkaido University |
Termstart: | 1995 |
Birth Place: | Tanno, Hokkaidō |
Termend: | July 28, 2013 |
is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).
Kato is a native of Tanno, Hokkaidō, and graduated from the Kitami Institute of Technology. He received a Ph.D. from Hokkaido University.
Kato was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1995 as a member of the New Frontier Party.
He has served as the Deputy Minister of the Environment and Deputy Secretary General of the Komeito Party.
He served as a member of the House of Councillors until 2013.