Sakihito Ozawa

Sakihito Ozawa (小沢 鋭仁 Ozawa Sakihito, born 1954) is a Japanese politician. He is a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan and leader of the Vision of Reform party, which he formed in December 2015. A native of Kofu, Yamanashi, he graduated from the University of Tokyo and received a master's degree in political science from Saitama University. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 as a member of Morihiro Hosokawa's Japan New Party. He was the Minister of the Environment during Yukio Hatoyama's prime ministership in 2009-2010.

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House of Representatives of Japan
Preceded by
Eiichi Nakao
Representative for Yamanashi 1st district (single-member)
2000–present
Incumbent
Preceded by
Yoshio Maki
Chairman of the House of Representatives committee on the Environment
2010–
Incumbent
Preceded by
Ryū Matsumoto
Chairman of the House of Representatives committee on the Environment
2004–2005
Succeeded by
Takahide Kimura
New constituency Representative for the Southern Kantō PR block
1996–2000
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Shin Kanemaru
Risei Ueda
Azuma Koshiishi
Eiichi Nakao
Kunio Tanabe
Representative for Yamanashi At-large district (multi-member)
1993–1996
Served alongside: Mitsuo Horiuchi, Azuma Koshiishi, Shōmei Yokouchi, Eiichi Nakao
District eliminated
Political offices
Preceded by
Tetsuo Saitō
Minister of the Environment
2009–2010
Succeeded by
Ryū Matsumoto
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