Yukihiko Akutsu
{{Short description|Japanese politician (born 1956)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Yukihiko Akutsu
| native_name = {{nobold|阿久津 幸彦}}
| native_name_lang = ja
| image = Yukihiko AKUTSU.jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2018
| office = Member of the House of Representatives
| constituency = Tokyo 11th
| term_start = 27 October 2024
| term_end =
| predecessor = Multi-member district
| successor =
| constituency1 = Tohoku PR
| term_start1 = 23 October 2017
| term_end1 = 14 October 2021
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 =
| constituency2 = Tokyo 24th
| term_start2 = 11 September 2009
| term_end2 = 16 November 2012
| predecessor2 = Kōichi Hagiuda
| successor2 = Kōichi Hagiuda
| constituency3 = Tokyo 24th (2000–2003)
Tokyo PR (2003–2005)
| term_start3 = 26 June 2000
| term_end3 = 8 August 2005
| predecessor3 = Tamon Kobayashi
| successor3 = Multi-member district
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|6|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater = George Washington University
| occupation =
| party = CDP (since 2017)
| otherparty = Independent (1993–1994)
NPS (1994–1996)
DP 1996 (1996–1998)
DPJ (1998–2016)
DP 2016 (2016–2017)
| title =
| spouse =
| children =
| website = [https://ameblo.jp/akutsu0626 Official blog]
}}
{{nihongo|Yukihiko Akutsu|阿久津 幸彦|Akutsu Yukihiko|extra=born 26 June 1956}} is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).{{Cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=199465|title = Our Campaigns - Candidate - Yukihiko Akutsu}}
Biography
File:Yukihiko Akutsu Satoshi Furukawa and Koichiro Gemba 20110225.jpg and Koichiro Genba (on 25 February 2011)]]
A native of Tokyo and graduate of George Washington University, he started his career in 1993 working for the political campaign of the New Party Sakigake alongside future Prime Minister Naoto Kan. Akutsu joined the formation of the Democratic Party of Japan in 1996. He ran under their ticket in the 1996 general election as a candidate for Tokyo 24th district, but lost. In 2000, he ran and won the race for Tokyo-24th and entered the Diet for the first time. He lost the district race in the 2003 election, but was re-elected through the Tokyo proportional representation block. In 2005, he ran as candidate for the Tokyo prefectural elections but lost. In 2009, he returned to the Diet but lost his seat in the 2012 elections.
After running unsuccessfully in 2014, Akutsu was elected back to the Diet after being elected from the CDP list for the Tohoku PR block in the 2017. For a time he served as the deputy secretary-general of the party.
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130801000540/http://akutsu.org/top.php Official website (archived)] in Japanese
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Category:Politicians from Tokyo
Category:George Washington University alumni
Category:Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan politicians
Category:Democratic Party of Japan politicians
Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2000–2003
Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2003–2005
Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2009–2012
Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2017–2021
Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2024–
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