Education
Chuo University; Osaka University.
坂本 哲志
Chuo University; Osaka University.
A native of Ōzu, Kumamoto and graduate of Chuo University, he had served in the assembly of Kumamoto Prefecture for four terms since 1991. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003. His profile on the Liberal Democratic Party website:
Member, Kumamoto Prefectural Assembly
Parliamentary Secretary for Internal Affairs and Communications (Fukuda and Aso Cabinet)
Deputy Chairman, Diet Affairs Committee of Liberal Democratic Party
Acting Director, Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Division of Liberal Democratic Party
Chairman, Committee on Organizations Involved with Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Liberal Democratic Party
Senior Vice Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications / Senior Vice Minister of Cabinet Office.
Sakamoto is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi, a member of the related group at the Diet, as well as of the group related to Shintō Seiji Renmei at the Diet.