Seigo Kitamura
Minister of State (for Promotion of Overcoming Population Decline and Vitalizing Local Economy in Japan)
September 11, 2019 (2019-09-11) – September 16, 2020
August 5, 2008 (2008-08-05) – September 29, 2009 (2009-09-29)
June 25, 2000 (2000-06-25) – May 20, 2023
Ojika, Nagasaki, Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Seigo Kitamura (北村 誠吾, Kitamura Seigo, January 29, 1947 – May 20, 2023) was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Ojika, Nagasaki and graduate of Waseda University, he ran unsuccessfully for the assembly of Nagasaki Prefecture in 1982 but served in the assembly of Sasebo, Nagasaki in the following year. In 1986 he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives as an independent. After having served in the assembly of Nagasaki Prefecture for four terms since 1987, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 as an independent in Nagasaki's 4th District. He later joined the LDP.
Kitamura served as the minister of state from September 11, 2019 to September 16, 2020.
Kitamura died in Tokyo on May 20, 2023, at the age of 76.[1]
References
- ^ "元地方創生相の北村誠吾衆院議員が死去、76歳". 読売新聞オンライン (in Japanese). 20 May 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
Sources
- 政治家情報 〜北村 誠吾〜 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2007-10-20.
External links
- Official website in Japanese.
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Preceded by Akinori Eto | Chair, Lower House Committee on Security 2014–2016 | Succeeded by Akira Sato |
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Preceded by Koichi Yamamoto | Chair, Upper House Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems 2010–2011 | Succeeded by Teru Fukui |
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Preceded by Akinori Eto | State Minister of Defense 2008–2009 | Succeeded by |
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