Seishirō Etō

Seishirō Etō
衛藤 征士郎
Etō in 2021
Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan
In office
16 September 2009  16 November 2012
MonarchAkihito
SpeakerTakahiro Yokomichi
Preceded byTakahiro Yokomichi
Succeeded byHirotaka Akamatsu
Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
In office
8 August 1995  11 January 1996
Prime MinisterTomiichi Murayama
Preceded byTokuichiro Tamazawa
Succeeded byHideo Usui
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
18 December 1983  9 October 2024
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byKen Hirose
ConstituencyŌita 1st (1983–1996)
Ōita 2nd (1996–2009; 2012–2024)
Kyushu PR (2009–2012)
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
11 July 1977  9 July 1983
Preceded byRyōhei Kudō
Succeeded byKeigi Kajiwara
ConstituencyŌita at-large
Mayor of Kusu
In office
April 1971  July 1977
Personal details
Born (1941-04-29) 29 April 1941
Koshin, Zenranan-dō, Japanese Korea (now Gangjin, South Jeolla, South Korea)
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Alma materWaseda University

Seishirō Etō (衛藤 征士郎, Etō Seishirō; born April 29, 1941) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Councillors and the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan.