Yoshihide Suga
Yoshihide Suga (菅 義偉 Suga Yoshihide, born December 6, 1948) is a Japanese politician currently serving as Chief Cabinet Secretary. He previously served as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications in the cabinet of Shinzō Abe until August 2007.
He was born in Ogachi (now Yuzawa), Akita Prefecture and obtained an LL.B. from Hosei University in Tokyo. He served as a secretary to Diet member Hikosaburō Okonogi for eleven years, then as secretary to the Minister of International Trade and Industry in 1984 and later as a member of the Yokohama city council.
Suga was elected to the Diet of Japan in 1996. Originally a member of the Obuchi faction, he left the faction after refusing to support Obuchi in the 1998 party elections. He also refused to participate in the no confidence motion against Yoshirō Mori in 2000.
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| House of Representatives of Japan | ||
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| New title New constituency |
Representative for Kanagawa 2nd district 1996–present |
Incumbent |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Osamu Fujimura |
Chief Cabinet Secretary 2012–present |
Incumbent |
| Preceded by Heizō Takenaka |
Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan 2006–2007 |
Succeeded by Hiroya Masuda |
| New creation | Minister of State for Decentralisation Reform 2006–2007 |
Succeeded by Hiroya Masuda |