Soichiro Ito | |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Office: | Speaker of the House of Representatives |
Term Start: | 7 November 1996 |
Term End: | 2 June 2000 |
Predecessor: | Takako Doi |
Successor: | Tamisuke Watanuki |
Office1: | Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency |
Primeminister1: | Zenkō Suzuki |
Term Start1: | 30 November 1981 |
Term End1: | 27 November 1982 |
Predecessor1: | Koji Omura |
Successor1: | Kazuho Tanigawa |
Office2: | Member of the House of Representatives |
Constituency3: | Miyagi 1st Miyagi 4th |
Term Start3: | 21 November 1960 |
Term End3: | 23 October 1963 |
Term Start2: | 29 January 1967 |
Term End2: | 4 September 2001 |
Birth Date: | 21 March 1924 |
Birth Place: | Ōsaki, Miyagi, Miyagi Prefecture, Empire of Japan |
Death Place: | Tokyo, Japan |
Party: | Liberal Democratic Party |
Children: | Shintaro Ito |
Alma Mater: | Tohoku University |
Allegiance: | ![]() |
Serviceyears: | 1940s |
Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
was a Japanese politician whom served in the House of Representative from 1967 until his death in 2001. From 1981 to 1982, Ito was the Director General of the Japan Defense Agency.[1]
Born in Miyagi Prefecture in 1924, he studied law at Tohoku University and served briefly as a second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army.