Susumu Yanase

Susumu Yanase
簗瀬 進
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
26 July 1998 – 25 July 2010
Preceded byItten Kamiyoshihara
Succeeded bySeat abolished
ConstituencyTochigi at-large
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
19 February 1990 – 27 September 1996
Preceded byKinji Moriyama (1987)
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyTochigi 1st
Member of the Tochigi Prefecture Assembly
In office
1984–1990
Personal details
Born (1950-04-23) 23 April 1950
Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
Political partyDemocratic (1998–2016)
Other political
affiliations		LDP (1984–1993)
NPS (1993–1996)
DP 1996 (1996–1998)
DP 2016 (2016–2018)
Alma materTohoku University

Susumu Yanase (簗瀬 進, Yanase Susumu; born April 23, 1950) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).

Early life

Yanase is a native of Utsunomiya, Tochigi and a graduate of Tohoku University, before his election to the Tochigi Prefectural Assembly, he worked for the government of Tochigi Prefecture.

Political career

Yanase was elected to the Tochigi Prefectural Assembly for the first time in 1984.

In 1990 he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time,[1] but then lost the seat in 1996.

In 1998 he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time, serving until 2010.

References

  1. ^ Dittmer, Lowell; Fukui, Haruhiro; Lee, Peter N. S. (2000). Informal Politics in East Asia. Cambridge University Press. p. 34. ISBN 9780521645386. Retrieved 10 January 2018.


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