Michita Sakata
Michita Sakata | |
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坂田 道太 | |
Official portrait, 1968 | |
| Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 24 January 1985 – 2 June 1986 | |
| Monarch | Shōwa |
| Deputy | Seiichi Katsumata |
| Preceded by | Kenji Fukunaga |
| Succeeded by | Kenzaburō Hara |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 30 November 1981 – 27 November 1982 | |
| Prime Minister | Zenkō Suzuki |
| Preceded by | Seisuke Okuno |
| Succeeded by | Akira Hatano |
| Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency | |
| In office 12 September 1974 – 24 December 1976 | |
| Prime Minister | Takeo Miki |
| Preceded by | Sōsuke Uno |
| Succeeded by | Asao Mihara |
| Minister of Education | |
| In office 30 November 1968 – 5 July 1971 | |
| Prime Minister | Eisaku Satō |
| Preceded by | Hirokichi Nadao |
| Succeeded by | Saburo Takami |
| Minister of Health and Welfare | |
| In office 12 January 1959 – 18 June 1959 | |
| Prime Minister | Nobusuke Kishi |
| Preceded by | Ryogo Hashimoto |
| Succeeded by | Yoshio Watanabe |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 11 April 1946 – 24 January 1990 | |
| Constituency | Kumamoto Prefecture (1946–1947) Kumamoto 2nd (1947–1990) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 July 1916 Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan |
| Died | 13 January 2004 (aged 87) |
| Political party | LDP (1955–2004) |
| Other political affiliations | JLP (1945–1948) DLP (1948–1950) LP (1950–1955) |
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| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
| Awards | Junior Second Rank Order of the Paulownia Flowers |
Michita Sakata (Japanese: 坂田 道太; 18 July 1916 – 13 January 2004) was a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives. Throughout his career, he served as the Minister of Education, Head of the Defense Agency, Minister of Justice, Minister of Health and Welfare, and Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Sakata's prolific career spanned over 40 years, beginning in 1946 and ending in his retirement in 1990, being reelected 16 times to the House of Representatives. He is most known for his role in the suppression of the 1968-69 Japanese university protests as Minister of Education, as well as for his tenure as the Director of the Defense Agency, when he helped write the National Defense Program Outline and set guidelines for US-Japan cooperation.