SATO Shigeki

• In-House Group: Komeito
• Elected: Osaka 3rd District (single-seat constituency), ten times
• Born: June 1959, Fujimidai, Otsu, Shiga
• Education:
• Faculty of Law, Kyoto University

• Career:
• IBM Japan, Ltd.
• Deputy Chair, Komeito Policy Research Council
• Chair, Komeito Electoral Policy Committee
• Chair, Komeito Osaka Prefectural Headquarters
• Director, Standing Committee on Cabinet, House of Representatives (HR)
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Director, HR Standing Committee on National Security
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Education
• Member, HR Standing Committee on Budget
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Audit and Oversight of Administration
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Rules and Administration
• Director, HR Deliberative Council on Political Ethics
• Director, HR Special Committee on Prevention of International Terrorism and Japan's Cooperation and Support; Humanitarian Assistance for Reconstruction in Iraq
• Director, HR Special Committee on Anti-Piracy Measures, Prevention of International Terrorism, and Japan's Cooperation and Support
• Director, HR Special Committee on Political Ethics and Election Law
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
• State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
• Chair, Komeito Diet Policy Committee
• Vice Chair, Komeito Kansai Regional Headquarters
• Chair, Komeito Research Committee on Foreign Affairs and National Security
• Director, Komeito Headquarters for the Promotion of the Realization of Work-Style Reform
• Member, HR Standing Committee on National Security