Seiji Maehara

Quick Facts

Full Name	Seiji Maehara
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Apr 30, 1962(1962-04-30)
Age	62
Country	Japan
Birth City	Kyoto
Horoscope	Aries

Seiji Maehara Biography

Seiji Maehara is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on April 30, 1962 in Kyoto, Japan. Seiji Maehara (Qian Yuan Cheng Si, Maehara Seiji, born 30 April 1962) is a Japanese politician who served as the head of the Democratic Party from 1 September 2017 until the party’s dissolution at the end of the month. He also served as a member of Japan’s House of Representatives of Japan since 1993.

Maehara got married to the wife of his Airi (Ai Li ) in June 1995. they don’t have any children. He enjoys taking photographs of trains for a pastime.

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.

Maehara was appointed Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on 16 September 2009. In this role, he was the spokesman for a number of government initiatives, including:

The politician was elected into his seat in the House of Representatives as a member of the Japan New Party of Morihiro Hosokawa in 1993. He left the party in 1994. resigned from the party and joined”the “Democratic Wave” with several others who were young parliamentarians. They later that year , he joined the Sakigake Party, which was at times a in the government of majority. In 1998 it was his turn to join his own party, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) as it was founded the same year.

Seiji Maehara Net Worth

Seiji Maehara is one of the richest Politician from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Seiji Maehara 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Maehara was born in Kyoto to parents who were from Tottori Prefecture. He studied law at the faculty at Kyoto University, where he majored in international relations. He was a student at in the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management from 1987 until 1991.

Maehara was elected for Maehara’s seat on Kyoto Prefectural Assembly in 1991 with the support of in addition the his successor Diet Member Keiro Kitagami. He was at the time also the oldest prefectural member ever in Kyoto history.

After the crushing defeat of the DPJ in the 2005 snap election and the resignation of DPJ leader Katsuya Okada, the elected representatives of the party met to choose a new leader. The two candidates were Naoto Kan and Maehara. Maehara defeated the 58-year-old Kan by a razor-thin count of 96–94 in open balloting by party members from both Houses of the Diet, with two members abstaining and two others having cast invalid votes. Maehara was appointed DPJ president on 17 September 2005.

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Who is Seiji Maehara Dating?

According to our records, Seiji Maehara married to Airi Maehara. As of December 1, 2023, Seiji Maehara’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2016, the DPJ merged with Japan Innovation Party forming the Democratic Party. Maehara attempted to make a comeback at the leadership in the first leadership election post-merger, but lost against former minister Renho.

Facts & Trivia

Seiji Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Seiji Maehara celebrates birthday on April 30 of every year.

Koike’s multiple blunders during the campaign led Kibō to fall well short of high initial expectations, becoming the second largest opposition party behind the Edano-led CDP. Maehara, whose political gamble had backfired, was under heavy pressure to resign from his position as DP president. Maehara resigned from his post and from the party on 28 October 2017, ending his tumultuous second term as Leader of the Opposition.