Sadatoshi Ozato

Sadatoshi Ozato (小里貞利, Ozato Sadatoshi, 17 August 1930 – 14 December 2016) was a Japanese politician.

Sadatoshi Ozato
小里貞利
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
1979–2005
ConstituencyKagoshima 2nd district (until 1996)
Kagoshima 4th district (after 1996)
Labour Minister
In office
29 December 1990 – 5 November 1991
Personal details
Born(1930-08-17)17 August 1930
Kirishima, Kagoshima
Died14 December 2016(2016-12-14) (aged 86)
NationalityJapanese
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party
OccupationPolitician

Political career

Born in Kirishima, Kagoshima, Ozato's first electoral victory came at the prefectural level in 1959. He served the Kagoshima Prefectural Assembly until 1979, when he was elected to the House of Representatives for Kagoshima 2nd district. In December 1990, Ozato was named Labour Minister.[1] From 1994 to 1995, he led the Okinawa and Hokkaido development agencies. In January 1995, the Great Hanshin earthquake hit Japan, and Ozato was reassigned to handle disaster relief.[2][3] From 1996 on, he began running for the legislative seat in Kagoshima's fourth district.[4]

Ozato was a member of the Kōchikai faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, originally under the leadership of Kiichi Miyazawa.[5][6] Soon after Koichi Kato became faction leader the faction split, but Ozato remained affiliated with Kato.[6][7] Ozato succeeded Koko Sato as director of the Management and Co-ordination Agency in 1997.[8] Ozato was appointed to lead the Liberal Democratic Party's Executive Council in 2000, replacing Yukihiko Ikeda,[9][10] but stepped down at the end of the year.[11] Kanezo Muraoka took the position.[12] Ozato was awarded a fourth class Order of the Rising Sun in 2001.[13] He retired from politics in 2005, choosing not to declare his candidacy for that year's elections.[14] Ozato died in 2016 at the age of 86.[15]

Personal life

His son is Yasuhiro Ozato.[16]

References
  1. "Japan's New Cabinet Lineup". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. 30 December 1990. Archived from the original on 30 December 1990. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  2. Wantanabe, Teresa; Jameson, Sam (22 January 1995). "Kobe Braces for Landslides as Rain Hits Ruins". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  3. Hills, Ben (28 January 1995). "Failures in Kobe spur Japanese into action". The Age. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  4. Reed, Steven, ed. (2004). Japanese Electoral Politics: Creating a New Party System. Routledge. pp. 134–135. ISBN 9781134385959.
  5. Bremmer, Brian (5 October 1997). "Japan's Ldp May Be Going Back To The Bad Old Days". Bloomberg. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  6. Zakowski, Karol (December 2011). "Kochikai of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party and Its Evolution After the Cold War" (PDF). The Korean Journal of International Studies. 9 (2): 179–205.
  7. "No-confidence motion crippled after Kato withdraws support". Japan Times. 21 November 2000. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  8. "Hashimoto In Public Apology". Business Standard. 24 September 1997. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  9. "Mori selects Ozato to chair LDP's Executive Council". Japan Times. 30 June 2000. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  10. Kohno, Masaru; Suga, Atsuko (November 2000). "Executive Turnovers in 2000". Japanese Journal of Political Science. 1 (2): 329–331. doi:10.1017/S1468109900002073.
  11. "Mori Starts Choosing New Cabinet After Ruling-Party Official Resigns". Wall Street Journal. 2 December 2000. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  12. "Resignation of Nonaka deals new blow to Mori". Japan Times. 2 December 2000. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  13. "Emperor decorates 17 with awards". Japan Times. 9 May 2001. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  14. "20 former Lower House members decide not to run". Japan Times. 31 August 2005. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  15. "Former disaster minister Ozato dies at 86". The Mainichi. Kyodo. 15 December 2016. Archived from the original on 15 December 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  16. Johnston, Eric (10 September 2005). "Family-bred politicians fan out". Japan Times. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
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