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Seiji Maehara

Diplomat · Politician

Seiji Maehara is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	MAEHARA Seiji · Maehara Szeidzsi · Seidži Maehara · Seiji Maehara · Σέιτζι Μαεχάρα · 9 more...				[sources]
Alias	Seidži Maehara · Seiji Maehara · Маэхара, Сэйдзи · سيجي مايهارا · まえはらせいじ · 3 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1962-04-30				[sources]
Place of birth	Kyoto · Sakyo, Kyoto City, Kyoto				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Japan				[sources]
Country	Japan				[sources]
Citizenship	Japan				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Seiji				[sources]
Last name	Maehara				[sources]
Political association	Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party)				[sources]
Website	www.maehara21.com · twitter.com · www.maehara21.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q132280				[sources]
Position	Leader of the Democratic Party · Minister for Foreign Affairs · Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism · Minister of State for Disaster Management · Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy · 7 more...				[sources]
Education	Faculty of Law (international politics), Kyoto University · Kyoto University · Studied under Prof. KOSAKA Masataka				[sources]
Source link	www.shugiin.go.jp				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-01	Last processed	2025-12-01	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Chair, Standing Committee on National Security, House of Representatives

— Japanese House of Representatives Members, 2025-11-02

Japanese politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of State for Disaster Management	2009-09-16	2010-01-12

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Data sources

Japanese House of Representatives Members466

Current members of the Japanese House of Representatives (Shūgiin), the lower house of the National Diet of Japan.

Japan · Shūgiin

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,135

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories198,582

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata386,955

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions515,984

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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