Yoshito Sengoku

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Yoshito Sengoku

|native_name = {{nobold|仙谷由人}}

|native_name_lang = ja

|image = Yoshito Sengoku - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2010.jpg

|caption = Sengoku at the 2010 World Economic Forum

|office = Minister of Justice

|primeminister = Naoto Kan

|term_start = 22 November 2010

|term_end = 14 January 2011

|predecessor = Minoru Yanagida

|successor = Satsuki Eda

|office2 = Minister of State for the Abduction Issue

|primeminister2 = Naoto Kan

|term_start2 = 22 November 2010

|term_end2 = 14 January 2011

|predecessor2 = Minoru Yanagida

|successor2 = Kansei Nakano

|office3 = Chief Cabinet Secretary

|primeminister3 = Naoto Kan

|term_start3 = 8 June 2010

|term_end3 = 14 January 2011

|predecessor3 = Hirofumi Hirano

|successor3 = Yukio Edano

|office4 = Minister of State for National Strategy

|primeminister4 = Yukio Hatoyama

|term_start4 = 7 January 2010

|term_end4 = 8 June 2010

|predecessor4 = Naoto Kan

|successor4 = Satoshi Arai

|office5 = Minister of State for Civil Service Reform

|primeminister5 = Yukio Hatoyama

|term_start5 = 16 September 2009

|term_end5 = 8 June 2010

|predecessor5 = Office established

|successor5 = Kōichirō Genba

|office6 = Minister of State for Government Revitalisation

|primeminister6 = Yukio Hatoyama

|term_start6 = 16 September 2009

|term_end6 = 10 February 2010

|predecessor6 = Office established

|successor6 = Yukio Edano

|office7 = Member of the House of Representatives

|constituency7 = Tokushima 1st

|term_start7 = 20 October 1996

|term_end7 = 4 December 2012

|predecessor7 = Constituency established

|successor7 = Mamoru Fukuyama

|constituency8 = Tokushima at-large

|term_start8 = 18 February 1990

|term_end8 = 18 June 1993

|predecessor8 =

|successor8 =

|birth_date = {{birth date|1946|1|15|df=y}}

|birth_place = Tokushima, Japan

|death_date = {{death date and age|2018|10|11|1946|1|15|df=y}}

|death_place = Tokyo, Japan

|party = DP (2016–2018)

|otherparty = JSP (before 1996)
SDP (1996)
DP (1996–1998)
DPJ (1998–2016)

|alma_mater = University of Tokyo (Incomplete)

|website = [http://y-sengoku.com/ Official website]

}}

{{nihongo|Yoshito Sengoku|仙谷由人|Sengoku Yoshito|extra=born January 15, 1946 – October 11, 2018}} was a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan.

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File:Goh Chok Tong and Yoshito Sengoku 201205.jpg in 2012]]

He was born in Tokushima, Tokushima prefecture. While studying in the University of Tokyo, he passed the bar exam and therefore dropped out of the university. He was elected for the first time in 1990 as a member of the Japan Socialist Party.

Viewed as a close ally of Prime Minister Naoto Kan, the opposition Liberal Democratic Party has labeled Sengoku as the "second" Prime Minister of the Kan cabinet. Sengoku denies that he wields any extraordinary influence in the government and praised Kan as a "strong leader".{{cite news|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20101023f1.html|title=Sengoku's growing influence causes a stir|publisher=The Japan Times|date=2010-10-23|access-date=2010-10-23}}

In January 2011, he was ousted from his position as a top cabinet member due to swelling pressure from the opposition, namely the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito Party, to execute cabinet reform. Sengoku was replaced by Yukio Edano, who was expected to yield much influence over Kan as a protégé of Sengoku.

In March 2011, Prime Minister Naoto Kan appointed Sengoku as Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary.{{cite news|url=http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/78961.html|title=Kan brings Sengoku back into gov't to deal with nuke crisis|publisher=Kyodo News English|date=March 17, 2011|access-date=March 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320225028/http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/78961.html|archive-date=March 20, 2011}}

He lost his seat in the December 16, 2012 general election.Japan Times [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20121218a4.html Nothing left for the election-gutted DPJ to do but rebuild December 18, 2012]

References

External links

[http://y-sengoku.com/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216173241/http://y-sengoku.com/ |date=2010-02-16 }} {{in lang|ja}}

{{s-bef|before=Masaharu Gotōda
Takeo Miki
Kazuyoshi Endō
Motoharu Morishita
Hironori Inoue}}

{{s-ttl|title=Representative for Tokushima's at-large district (multi-member)|years=1990–1993|alongside=Masaharu Gotōda, Shunichi Yamaguchi, Kazuyoshi Endō, Hironori Inoue}}

{{s-aft|after=Masaharu Gotōda
Shunichi Yamaguchi
Kazuyoshi Endō
Yoshihito Iwasa
Akira Shichijō}}

{{s-ttl|title=Representative for Tokushima's 1st district|years=1990-1993, 1996–2012}}

{{s-ttl|title=Chairperson of the Policy Affairs Research Council of the Democratic Party|years=2004–2005}}

{{s-ttl|title=Minister of State for Civil Service Reform|years=2009–2010}}

{{s-ttl|title=Minister of State for Government Revitalization|years=2009–2010}}

{{s-ttl|title=Minister of State for National Strategy|years=2010}}