Sato Masahisa

Member of the House of Councillors. Acting Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party Diet Affairs Committee in the House of Councillors. Chief Secretary of the LDP National Defense Parliamentary League. Born in Fukushima Prefecture in 1960. Graduated from the National Defense Academy in 1983 and joined the Ground Self-Defense Force. Served as Commander of the 1st Iraq Reconstruction Mission Support Team in 2004. Retired from the SDF in 2007 and was elected to the House of Councillors from the proportional representation bloc. Currently serving his third term. Has also served as Parliamentary Vice Minister of Defense, State Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Director of the LDP’s National Defense Division and Foreign Affairs committee.