Toshitsugu Saito | |
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斉藤 斗志二 | |
 Official portrait, 2001 | |
| Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency | |
| In office 5 December 2000 –26 April 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Junichiro Koizumi |
| Preceded by | Kazuo Torashima |
| Succeeded by | Gen Nakatani |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 6 July 1986 –21 July 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Shigeyoshi Saitō |
| Succeeded by | Multi-member district |
| Constituency | Shizuoka 2nd (1986–1996) Shizuoka 5th (1996–2003) Tōkai PR (2003–2009) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 December 1944 |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic |
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| Relatives | Shigeyoshi Saitō (uncle) Hiroyuki Masuoka (father-in-law) |
| Alma mater | Sophia University Waseda University University of Washington |
Toshitsugu Saito (斉藤 斗志二, Saitō Toshitsugu; born December 27, 1944) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet from 1986 to 2009. A native of Fuji, Shizuoka and graduate of Sophia University, he attended Waseda University for graduate study and business school at the University of Washington in the United States.
From 2001 to 2002 he was Director General of the Japan Defense Agency (now Minister of Defense).
