Hiroyuki Sonoda

Hiroyuki Sonoda
Hiroyuki Sonoda
園田博之
	Sonoda in 2004
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary; (Political affairs)
	In office; 30 June 1994 – 11 January 1996
Prime Minister	Tomiichi Murayama
Preceded by	Naoto Kitamura
Succeeded by	Kazō Watanabe
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 8 July 1986 – 11 November 2018
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Masahisa Miyazaki
Constituency	Kumamoto 2nd (1986–1996); Kumamoto 4th (1996–2017); Kyushu PR (2017–2018)
Personal details
Born	19 February 1942; Kawaura, Kumamoto, Japan
Died	11 November 2018 (aged 76); Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Other political; affiliations	NPS; Sunrise; JRP; PJK
Parent	Sunao Sonoda (father);
Relatives	Tenkoko Sonoda (mother-in-law)
Alma mater	Nihon University

Hiroyuki Sonoda (園田博之, Sonoda Hiroyuki, February 19, 1942 – November 11, 2018) was a Japanese politician who served in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the House of Representatives for Kumamoto 4th district; following the 2017 general election when Kumamoto lost one seat due to reapportionment, he moved to the Kyūshū proportional representation block.^[1] He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), previous party affiliations have been independent→LDP→New Party Sakigake→Independent→LDP→Sunrise Party of Japan→Sunrise Party→Japan Restoration Party→Party for Future Generations→Sunrise Party→Party for Future Generations→LDP.

Career

A native of Amakusa District, Kumamoto and graduate of Nihon University, Sonoda was elected for the first time in 1986, when he ran for his father's seat in Kumamoto Prefecture's 2nd district, a five-member district at the time. His father, the Foreign Minister Sunao Sonoda, died in 1984.^{[citation needed]}

Hiroyuki Sonoda joined the Sunrise Party of Japan on April 10, 2010. The Sunrise Party merged with the Japan Restoration Party in 2012. In 2014 the former Sunrise Party members including Sonoda split away to form the Party for Future Generations.^{[citation needed]}

Hiroyuki Sonoda was affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi, and his late step-mother Tenkoko Sonoda (the second wife and the widow of his father) was a member of its representative committee.^[2]

Death

Sonoda died of pneumonia on November 11, 2018.^[3]

References

^ Liberal Democratic Party: Nominated candidates for the 48th general House of Representatives election Archived 2017-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
^ Nippon Kaigi website
^ "Former Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Sonoda dies of pneumonia at 76". Archived from the original on 2018-11-12. Retrieved 2018-11-12.

政治家情報〜園田博之〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-02.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)
House of Representatives: Members biographic summaries, Sonoda Hiroyuki (in Japanese)
Liberal Democratic Party: Members of the Diet, Sonoda Hiroyuki Archived 2017-12-08 at the Wayback Machine (English, Japanese)

[1] Liberal Democratic Party: Nominated candidates for the 48th general House of Representatives election Archived 2017-10-08 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Nippon Kaigi website

[3] "Former Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Sonoda dies of pneumonia at 76". Archived from the original on 2018-11-12. Retrieved 2018-11-12.

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