Minoru Harada

Minoru Harada
6th President of Soka Gakkai
In office
9 November 2006  present
Preceded by Einosuke Akiya
Personal details
Born 1941
Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
Alma mater

Minoru Harada (原田 稔 Harada Minoru, born 1941) is a Japanese Buddhist leader. He became the sixth president of the Soka Gakkai[1] in 9 November 2006 following the resignation of Einosuke Akiya from the position.[2]

He attended Tokyo Metropolitan Bunkyo High School (now Tokyo Metropolitan Bunkyo Secondary Education School). He studied economics at the University of Tokyo. According to Soka Gakkai, he was a left-wing protester in the 1960s.[3]

Soka Gakkai Presidency

Preceded by
Einosuke Akiya
6th President of Soka Gakkai
9 November 2006 - present
Succeeded by
Incumbent

References

  1. Seager, Richard Hughes (2006). Encountering the Dharma: Daisaku Ikeda, Soka Gakkai, and the globalization of Buddhist humanism. University of California Press. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-520-24577-8.
  2. http://www.sgi.org/news/press-releases/press-releases-2006/press061110.html
  3. 大白蓮華2008年10月号P34-35「師弟に生き抜け! 立正安国と第二室戸台風」