Seiken Sugiura

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Third Realigned Koizumi Cabinet
(2005-10-31)
Secretary	Shinzo Abe
Internal Affairs	Heizō Takenaka
Justice	Seiken Sugiura
Foreign Affairs	Taro Aso
Finance	Sadakazu Tanigaki
Education	Kenji Kosaka
Health	Jirō Kawasaki
Agriculture	Shoichi Nakagawa
Economy	Toshihiro Nikai
Land	Kazuo Kitagawa
Environment	Yuriko Koike
Defense	Fukushiro Nukaga
Ministers of State	Tetsuo Kutsukake, Kaoru Yosano, Koki Chuma, Iwao Matsuda, Kuniko Inoguchi

Seiken Sugiura (杉浦正健 Sugiura Seiken, born July 26, 1934) is a Japanese politician. He was named Minister of Justice^[1] on October 31, 2005 and served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Being a Buddhist, he imposed a moratorium on executions during his time as Justice Minister. He was defeated in the 2009 election by Yasuhiro Nakane a member of the Democratic Party of Japan.

References

↑ "Japan Housewives May Judge Killers as Lawyers Condemn Hangings". Bloomberg. 23 August 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2011.

Political offices
Preceded by Chieko Nohno	Minister of Justice of Japan 2005-2006	Succeeded by Jinen Nagase

Persondata
Name	Sugiura, Seiken
Alternative names
Short description	Japanese politician
Date of birth	July 26, 1934
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