Akira Gunji

{{short description|Japanese politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Akira Gunji

| native_name = {{nobold|郡司 彰}}

| native_name_lang = ja

| image = Akira Gunji 201810 cropped.jpg

| imagesize =

| caption = Gunji in 2018

| office = Vice President of the House of Councillors of Japan

| prime_minister =

| term_start = 1 August 2016

| term_end = 1 August 2019

| president = Chuichi Date

| predecessor = Azuma Koshiishi

| successor = Toshio Ogawa

| office1 = Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

| primeminister1= Yoshihiko Noda

| term_start1 = 4 June 2012

| term_end1 = 26 December 2012

| predecessor1 = Michihiko Kano

| successor1 = Yoshimasa Hayashi

| office2 = Member of the House of Councillors

| constituency2 = Ibaraki at-large

| term_start2 = 26 July 1998

| term_end2 = 25 July 2022

| predecessor2 = Osamu Yatabe

| successor2 = Masako Dogomi

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|12|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

| death_date =

| party = CDP

| otherparty = DPJ (1998–2016, merger)
DP (2016-2017)

| alma_mater = Ritsu-Takahagi High School
Meiji Gakuin University (dropped out)

}}

{{Nihongo|Akira Gunji|郡司 彰|Gunji Akira|born 11 December 1949}} is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and formerly a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). He serves as Vice President of the House of Councillors.

Overview

A native of Mito, Ibaraki and dropout of Meiji Gakuin University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998.

References

  • {{cite web |url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/diet/profile/0008/00008693.html |script-title=ja:政治家情報 〜郡司 彰〜 |work=ザ・選挙 |publisher=JANJAN |accessdate=2007-11-10 |language=Japanese| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20071208145454/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/diet/profile/0008/00008693.html| archivedate= 8 December 2007 | url-status= live}}