Mitsuru Sakurai

Mitsuru Sakurai (桜井 充, Sakurai Mitsuru; born 1956) is a Japanese politician formerly of the Democratic Party of Japan and is now a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He is a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).

Mitsuru Sakurai
櫻井 充
Official portrait, 2012
Member of the House of Councillors
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 July 1998
Preceded by	Kaname Endō
Constituency	Miyagi at-large
Personal details
Born	(1956-05-12) 12 May 1956 (age 69) Miyagino, Sendai, Japan
Party	Liberal Democratic
Alma mater	Tokyo Medical and Dental University Tohoku University

Overview

Mitsuru Sakurai (at the Central Government Building No.5 on November 13, 2012)

A native of Sendai, Miyagi, he attended Tokyo Medical and Dental University as an undergraduate and received a Ph.D. in medicine from Tohoku University. He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2004. He was made Deputy Treasury Minister in 2010.

References

• 政治家情報 〜桜井 充〜. www.senkyo.janjan.jp ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-12-01. Retrieved 2007-11-11.

External links

• Official website in Japanese.