{{short description|Japanese politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Akira Gunji | native_name = {{nobold|郡司 彰}} | native_name_lang = ja | image = Akira Gunji 201810 cropped.jpg | image_size = | caption = Gunji in 2018 | office = Vice President of the House of Councillors of Japan | prime_minister = | term_start = 1 August 2016 | term_end = 1 August 2019 | president = Chuichi Date | predecessor = Azuma Koshiishi | successor = Toshio Ogawa | office1 = Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | prime_minister1 = Yoshihiko Noda | term_start1 = 4 June 2012 | term_end1 = 26 December 2012 | predecessor1 = Michihiko Kano | successor1 = Yoshimasa Hayashi | office2 = Member of the House of Councillors | constituency2 = Ibaraki at-large | term_start2 = 26 July 1998 | term_end2 = 25 July 2022 | predecessor2 = Osamu Yatabe | successor2 = Masako Dogomi | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|12|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Mito, Ibaraki, Japan | death_date = | party = CDP (since 2020) | other_party = DPJ (1998–2016)<br>DP (2016–2018)<br>Independent (2018–2020) | alma_mater = Ritsu-Takahagi High School<br>Meiji Gakuin University <small>(dropped out)</small> }} {{Nihongo|'''Akira Gunji'''|郡司 彰|Gunji Akira|born 11 December 1949}} is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and formerly a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). He served as Vice President of the House of Councillors from 2016 to 2019.
== Career == A native of Mito, Ibaraki and dropout of Meiji Gakuin University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998.
== References == * {{cite web |url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/diet/profile/0008/00008693.html |script-title=ja:政治家情報 〜郡司 彰〜 |work=ザ･選挙 |publisher=JANJAN |accessdate=2007-11-10 |language=Japanese| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20071208145454/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/diet/profile/0008/00008693.html| archivedate= 8 December 2007 | url-status= live}}
== External links == * [http://www.gunji-akira.com/ Official website] in Japanese.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gunji, Akira}} Category:Members of the House of Councillors (Japan) Category:Living people Category:1949 births Category:People from Mito, Ibaraki Category:Meiji Gakuin University alumni Category:Democratic Party of Japan politicians Category:Noda cabinet Category:Ministers of agriculture, forestry and fisheries of Japan
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