Yukihiko Akutsu
Native name阿久津 幸彦
OfficeMember of the House of Representatives
ConstituencyTokyo 11th
Term start27 October 2024
Term end23 January 2026
PredecessorHakubun Shimomura
SuccessorHakubun Shimomura
Constituency 1Tohoku PR
Term start 123 October 2017
Term end 114 October 2021
Constituency 2Tokyo 24th
Term start 211 September 2009
Term end 216 November 2012
Predecessor 2Kōichi Hagiuda
Successor 2Kōichi Hagiuda
Constituency 3Tokyo 24th (2000–2003)
Tokyo PR (2003–2005)
Term start 326 June 2000
Term end 38 August 2005
Predecessor 3Tamon Kobayashi
Successor 3Multi-member district
Birth date26 June 1956 (age 70)
Birth placeBunkyō, Tokyo, Japan
Alma materGeorge Washington University
PartyCRA (since 2026)
Other partyIndependent (1993–1994)
NPS (1994–1996)
DP 1996 (1996–1998)
DPJ (1998–2016)
DP 2016 (2016–2017)
CDP (2017–2026)
WebsiteOfficial blog

Yukihiko Akutsu (阿久津 幸彦, Akutsu Yukihiko) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).[1]

Biography

A native of Tokyo and graduate of George Washington University, he started his career in 1993 working for the political campaign of the New Party Sakigake alongside future Prime Minister Naoto Kan. Akutsu joined the formation of the Democratic Party of Japan in 1996. He ran under their ticket in the 1996 general election as a candidate for Tokyo 24th district, but lost. In 2000, he ran and won the race for Tokyo-24th and entered the Diet for the first time. He lost the district race in the 2003 election, but was re-elected through the Tokyo proportional representation block. In 2005, he ran as candidate for the Tokyo prefectural elections but lost. In 2009, he returned to the Diet but lost his seat in the 2012 elections.

After running unsuccessfully in 2014, Akutsu was elected back to the Diet after being elected from the CDP list for the Tohoku PR block in the 2017. For a time he served as the deputy secretary-general of the party.

References

  1. ^ "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Yukihiko Akutsu"