Seiken Sugiura

Third Realigned Koizumi Cabinet
(2005-10-31)
Secretary	Shinzō Abe
Internal Affairs	Heizō Takenaka
Justice	Seiken Sugiura
Foreign Affairs	Taro Aso
Finance	Sadakazu Tanigaki
Education	Kenji Kosaka
Health	Jirō Kawasaki
Agriculture	Shoichi Nakagawa
Economy	Toshihiro Nikai
Land	Kazuo Kitagawa
Environment	Yuriko Koike
Defense	Fukushiro Nukaga
Ministers of State	Tetsuo Kutsukake; Kaoru Yosano; Koki Chuma; Iwao Matsuda; Kuniko Inoguchi;

Seiken Sugiura
Seiken Sugiura
杉浦正健
Minister of Justice
	In office; 31 October 2005 – 26 September 2006
Prime Minister	Junichiro Koizumi
Preceded by	Chieko Nōno
Succeeded by	Jinen Nagase
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
	In office; 7 May 2004 – 31 October 2005
Prime Minister	Junichiro Koizumi
Preceded by	Hiroyuki Hosoda
Succeeded by	Jinen Nagase
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 21 October 1996 – 21 July 2009
Succeeded by	Yasuhiro Nakane
Constituency	Aichi 12th
	In office; 8 July 1986 – 18 June 1993
Constituency	Aichi 4th
Personal details
Born	26 July 1934 (age 90); Yahagi, Aichi, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Alma mater	University of Tokyo

Seiken Sugiura (杉浦正健 Sugiura Seiken, born July 26, 1934) is a Japanese politician and lawyer. He was named Minister of Justice^[1] on October 31, 2005^[2] and served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Being a Buddhist, he imposed a moratorium on executions during his time as Minister of Justice.^[3]

He was defeated in the 2009 election by Yasuhiro Nakane, a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. He has remained engaged in discussions over the death penalty in Japan since leaving politics.^[4] On October 3, 2015, he spoke at a World Day against the Death Penalty event in Tokyo, along with Hideo Hiraoka, who was justice minister under the Democratic Party of Japan.^[5]

References

^ "Japan Housewives May Judge Killers as Lawyers Condemn Hangings". Bloomberg. 23 August 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
^ Yoshida, Reiji Koizumi warns ministers following gaffe by Sugiura November 2, 2005 Japan Times Retrieved October 4, 2015
^ New justice minister still not sold on death penalty November 4, 2005 Japan Times Retrieved October 4, 2015
^ Death Penalty Pros and Cons August 5, 2012 Japan Times Retrieved October 4, 2015
^ 2 ex-justice ministers join anti-death penalty rally October 3, 2015 Mainichi Shimbun Retrieved October 4, 2015

House of Representatives (Japan)
Preceded by Takashi Sasagawa	Chair, Lower House Committee on Judicial Affairs 1998–1999	Succeeded by Tsutomu Takebe
Political offices
Preceded by Seishirō Etō, Kiyohiro Araki	State Minister for Foreign Affairs 2001–2002 Served alongside: Shigeo Uetake	Succeeded by Toshimitsu Motegi, Tetsuro Yano
Preceded by Hiroyuki Hosoda	Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary 2004–2005	Succeeded by Jinen Nagase
Preceded by Chieko Nōno	Minister of Justice of Japan 2005–2006	Succeeded by Jinen Nagase

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[1] "Japan Housewives May Judge Killers as Lawyers Condemn Hangings". Bloomberg. 23 August 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2011.

[2] Yoshida, Reiji Koizumi warns ministers following gaffe by Sugiura November 2, 2005 Japan Times Retrieved October 4, 2015

[3] New justice minister still not sold on death penalty November 4, 2005 Japan Times Retrieved October 4, 2015

[4] Death Penalty Pros and Cons August 5, 2012 Japan Times Retrieved October 4, 2015

[5] 2 ex-justice ministers join anti-death penalty rally October 3, 2015 Mainichi Shimbun Retrieved October 4, 2015

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