Soichiro Ito (politician)
Soichiro Ito | |
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伊藤 宗一郎 | |
 Ito in 1982 | |
| Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 7 November 1996 – 2 June 2000 | |
| Monarch | Akihito |
| Deputy | Kōzō Watanabe |
| Preceded by | Takako Doi |
| Succeeded by | Tamisuke Watanuki |
| Director-General of the Science and Technology Agency | |
| In office 6 November 1987 – 27 December 1988 | |
| Prime Minister | Noboru Takeshita |
| Preceded by | Yatarō Mitsubayashi |
| Succeeded by | Moichi Miyazaki |
| Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency | |
| In office 30 November 1981 – 27 November 1982 | |
| Prime Minister | Zenkō Suzuki |
| Preceded by | Koji Omura |
| Succeeded by | Kazuho Tanigawa |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 29 January 1967 – 4 September 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Gentaro Takeya |
| Succeeded by | Shintaro Ito |
| Constituency | Miyagi 1st (1967–1996) Miyagi 4th (1996–2001) |
| In office 21 November 1960 – 23 October 1963 | |
| Preceded by | Gentaro Takeya |
| Succeeded by | Gentaro Takeya |
| Constituency | Miyagi 1st |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 March 1924 Ōsaki, Miyagi, Japan |
| Died | 4 September 2001 (aged 77) Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic |
| Children | Shintaro Ito |
| Alma mater | Tohoku University |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Japan |
| Branch/service | .svg.png){kind=small} Imperial Japanese Army |
| Years of service | 1940s |
| Rank | Second Lieutenant |
Soichiro Ito (伊藤宗一郎, Itō Sōichirō; 21 March 1924 – 4 September 2001) was a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1967 until his death in 2001. From 1981 to 1982, Ito was the Director General of the Japan Defense Agency.[1]
Born in Miyagi Prefecture in 1924, he studied law at Tohoku University and served briefly as a second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army.