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| Affiliation | Democratic Party of Japan |
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| Name | Marutei Tsurunen |
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Yugawara, Kanagawa, Honshu , Japan |
| Email | None |
| Website | [Link] |
| Born |
April 30, 1940
(83 years)
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| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Modifed | Ralphie
Jul 30, 2007 07:28pm |
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| Info | Marutei Tsurunen is the first European and openly foreign-born Japanese member of the Diet of Japan (a Korean had previously served in the Diet, but presented himself as Japanese). He is a member of the Democratic Party of Japan, where he serves as Director General of the International Department.
In 1992, at the age of 52, he ran for the town assembly in Yugawara and was elected. He subsequently wrote a popular book called Here Comes a Blue-Eyed Assemblyman.
He served on the Yugawara assembly until 1995, when he made his first bid for the House of Councillors and lost.
In 2001, after writing another book called I Want to Be Japanese, Tsurunen again failed to achieve a seat but was the first runner-up for the DPJ.
After the resignation of Kyosen Ohashi, Tsurunen finally entered the House of Councillors on 2002-10-04. His seat was not up for election in the election of 2004. In the 2007-07-30 elections, he was finally directly elected to the House of Councillors.
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