Hiroshi Saitō (mayor), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Hiroshi Saitō (mayor)

Japanese politician (born 1939)

Date of Birth: 27-Mar-1939

Place of Birth: Saitama Prefecture, Kantō region, Japan

Profession: politician

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Hiroshi Saito (???, Saito Hiroshi, born 1939) is a Japanese politician from Tokorozawa, Saitama.
Having graduated from Chuo University, Saito was elected to the city assembly of Tokorozawa in 1971.
In 1979, he won the election for the prefectural assembly of Saitama and served for 12 years. In October 1991, Saito was elected mayor of Tokorozawa.
While he was in office, in 1997, TV Asahi aired a news report alleging that the vegetables grown in Tokorozawa were polluted with dioxin.
Saito had his salary docked for covering up information about the pollution.He announced in August 2007 that he would not run for a fifth term, and was succeeded by Yoshiko Toma in October 2007.