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Genichiro Sata
佐田 玄一郎
Sata in 2006
Member of the House of Representatives from Northern Kanto
In office 19 February 1990 – 28 September 2017
Preceded by	Tsugio Kumagawa
Succeeded by	Asako Omi
Constituency	See list Gunma 1st (1990–1996) PR block (1996–2000) Gunma 1st (2000–2003) PR block (2003–2005) Gunma 1st (2005–2009) PR block (2009–2012) Gunma 1st (2012–2017)
Personal details
Born	(1952-12-22) 22 December 1952 Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
Party	Liberal Democratic
Relatives	Ichirō Sata (grandfather)
Alma mater	Hokkaido University

Genichiro Sata (佐田 玄一郎, Sata Gen'ichirō; born 22 December 1952 in Maebashi, Gunma) is a former Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Political career

He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1990 representing the former Gunma 1st constituency. From 1996 to 2000, 2003 to 2005, and 2009 to 2012 he was elected to the Northern Kanto Proportional Representation seat. And from 2000 to 2003, 2005 to 2009, and 2012 to 2017 he was elected by the first district of the Japanese prefecture of Gunma.

In 2005, he was the Chief Deputy Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party.

He has also been the Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Scandal

According to Kyodo News International, in 1999 he received JPY8 million in political donations from the construction company of his father by channeling the money through political organizations. Individual politicians in Japan are banned from receiving more than 500,000 a year until 1999, after which all corporate donations were banned, but there was no such ban on donations by political organizations.

On 27 December 2006 he resigned as a result of this scandal from his position as state minister in charge of administrative reform, only 3 months after being appointed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

External links

• Profile at JANJAN
• The website of Genchiro Sata.
• The House of Representatives of Japan's list of current officers.
• The House of Representatives of Japan's list of members by constituency.
• "LDP's Sata received political funds via legal loophole". Kyodo News International, Inc. October 18, 2000.
• "LEAD: Koizumi seeks cooperation from pro-Pyongyang group on N. Korea". Kyodo News International, Inc. May 31, 2005.