Tetsuo Saito

Tetsuo Saito (斉藤 鉄夫, Saitō Tetsuo, born February 5, 1952) is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). Saito is currently serving his fifth term in the Lower House by Chugoku proportional election and is the current Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

Tetsuo Saito
斉藤 鉄夫
Official portrait, 2021
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Assumed office
4 October 2021
Prime MinisterFumio Kishida
Preceded byKazuyoshi Akaba
Minister of the Environment
In office
2 August 2008  16 September 2009
Prime MinisterYasuo Fukuda
Tarō Asō
Preceded byIchirō Kamoshita
Succeeded bySakihito Ozawa
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
19 July 1993
ConstituencyHiroshima 3rd
(past: former Hiroshima 1st, Chūgoku PR block)
Personal details
Born (1952-02-05) 5 February 1952
Ōchi District, Shimane, Japan
Political partyKomeito
Alma materTokyo Institute of Technology
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