Mitsuru Sakurai

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 Miyagino, Sendai, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Alma mater	Tokyo Medical and Dental University Tohoku University

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).

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.