Chikara Sakaguchi (坂口力, b. April 1, 1934) is a Japanese politician. April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He was born in Mie Prefecture and obtained an MD from Mie University. In 1976, he ran for the House of Representatives as a member of Komeito, and won a proportional representation seat from the Tokai bloc. Mie Prefecture (三重県; Mie-ken) is part of the Kinki region on Honshu island, Japan. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The House of Representatives (衆議院; Shugi-in) is the lower house of the Diet of Japan. ... The New Clean Government Party (公明党) or NKP, -- often translated as New Komeito Party, is a political party in Japan affiliated with the religious movement Soka Gakkai. ... Proportional representation (PR) is any election system which ensures a proportionally representative result of a democratic election, x% of votes should be represented by x% in the democratic institutions, parliament or congress. ...

Sakaguchi was Minister of Labor in the 1993-94 coalition cabinet led by Morihiro Hosokawa. After the coalition government collapsed, he was the second-ranking officer of three other political parties, Shinshinto (1994), Shinto Heiwa (1997), and New Komeito (1999). 1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Morihiro Hosokawa (細川 護煕 Hosokawa Morihiro, b. ... The Shinshinto (新進党, New Frontier Party) was a former Japanese political party. ...

In December of 2000, he was appointed Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare in the LDP-Liberal-Komeito coalition cabinet of Yoshiro Mori. He retained this position under Junichiro Koizumi until September 2004. This article is about the year 2000. ... Yoshiro Mori Yoshiro Mori (森 喜朗 Mori Yoshirō, born July 14, 1937) was the 85th and 86th Prime Minister of Japan from April 5, 2000 to April 26, 2001. ... Junichiro Koizumi Junichiro Koizumi (Japanese: 小泉純一郎, Koizumi Junichirō, born January 8, 1942) is the current Prime Minister of Japan. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Sakaguchi is currently deputy director of Komeito, and is the oldest and longest-serving Komeito member of the House of Representatives.