Seiji Maehara, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Seiji Maehara

Japanese politician

Date of Birth: 30-Apr-1962

Place of Birth: Kyoto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan

Profession: politician, diplomat

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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Seiji Maehara (?? ??, Maehara Seiji, born 30 April 1962) is a Japanese politician and was the leader of the Democratic Party from 1 September 2017 until its dissolution later that month.
He has also been a member of the House of Representatives of Japan since 1993. Maehara was the leader of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) from 2005 to 2006, and later served as Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and Minister of Foreign Affairs under the cabinets of Yukio Hatoyama and Naoto Kan, before resigning from the cabinet in March 2011 after he acknowledged receiving illegal donations from a South Korean national living in Japan.
Affiliated to the openly revisionist organization Nippon Kaigi, Maehara is viewed as a "China hawk" and a proponent of close ties with the United States.
He is also often viewed as being politically conservative.