Eisuke Mori

Eisuke Mori (Chinese:森 英介 pinyin:sen yingjie, Mori Eisuke, born August 31, 1948) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party. He is a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) and is the former Minister of Justice under Aso's Administration.

Eisuke Mori
森 英介
Mori in 2022
Minister of Justice
In office 24 September 2008 – 16 September 2009
Prime Minister	Tarō Asō
Preceded by	Okiharu Yasuoka
Succeeded by	Keiko Chiba
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 February 1990
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Constituency	Chiba 3rd Chiba 11th
Personal details
Born	(1948-08-31) 31 August 1948 (age 76) Tokyo, Japan
Alma mater	Tohoku University

A native of Katsuura, Chiba and graduate of Tohoku University, he joined Kawasaki Heavy Industries in 1974 and received a Ph.D. in engineering. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990. His grandfather is former member of the House of Representatives Nobuteru Mori, his father is former Minister of the Environment Yoshihide Mori, and his uncle is former Somu-cho (総務長官) Kiyomoto Mori. In the Cabinet of Prime Minister Taro Aso, appointed on 24 September 2008, Mori was appointed Minister of Justice. This was his first appointment to the Cabinet.^[1]

Mori is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi.^[2]

References

1. "Aso elected premier / Announces Cabinet lineup himself; poll likely on Nov. 2" Archived 2008-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, The Yomiuri Shimbun, 25 September 2008.
2. "Pro-Yasukuni lineup features Aso Cabinet" – Japan Press Weekly – Sept 24, 2008

• 政治家情報 〜森 英介〜. www.senkyo.janjan.jp (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2007-10-14.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)

House of Representatives (Japan)
Preceded by Shun'ichi Suzuki	Chairman of the Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare 2002	Succeeded by Takanori Sakai
New title	Chairman of the Special Committee for Investigation of Nuclear Power Issues 2013–2014	Succeeded by Masayoshi Yoshino
Preceded by Okiharu Yasuoka	Chairman of the Committee on the Constitution 2016–2019	Succeeded by Tsutomu Sato
Preceded by Tsutomu Sato	Chairman of the Committee on Fundamental National Policies 2019–2020	Succeeded by Yasukazu Hamada
Preceded by Hiroyuki Hosoda	Chairman of the Deliberative Council on Political Ethics 2020–2021	Succeeded by Masayoshi Yoshino
Preceded by Okiharu Yasuoka	Chairman of the Committee on the Constitution 2021–present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Ichirō Kamoshita, Yoshio Kimura	Senior Vice Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare 2003–2004 Served alongside: Takashi Tanihata	Succeeded by Seiichi Eto, Hiroyoshi Nishi
Preceded by Okiharu Yasuoka	Minister of Justice 2008–2009	Succeeded by Keiko Chiba