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Masahisa Sato

Japanese politician

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佐藤正久

Member of the House of Councillors (Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs)

Incumbent

Assumed office
2007 Personal detailsBorn (1960-09-23) September 23, 1960 (age 63)
Fukushima Prefecture, JapanPolitical partyLiberal Democratic PartyAlma materNational Defense Academy of Japan, Colonel of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (1983-2007)

Masahisa Sato (佐藤正久, Satō Masahisa, born October 23, 1960) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Fukushima Prefecture, he graduated from National Defense Academy of Japan with a major in applied physics and joined the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF). In the JGSDF, he was the commander of the Japanese Iraq Reconstruction and Support Group. After his retirement as colonel in 2007, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2007.