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Japanese politician (1947–2023)
Seigo Kitamura
北村 誠吾
Official portrait, 2014
Minister of State (for Regional Revitalization)
Minister of State (for Regulatory Reform)
In office
September 11, 2019 (2019-09-11) – September 16, 2020
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Vice Minister of Defense
In office
August 5, 2008 (2008-08-05) – September 29, 2009 (2009-09-29)
Prime MinisterYasuo Fukuda
Taro Aso
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
June 25, 2000 (2000-06-25) – May 20, 2023
Preceded byDaisuke Miyajima [ja]
Succeeded byYouzou Kaneko [ja]
Constituency
Personal details
Born(1947-01-29)January 29, 1947
Ojika, Nagasaki, Japan
DiedMay 20, 2023(2023-05-20) (aged 76)
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Alma materWaseda University

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.

References

  1. "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.

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House of Representatives (Japan)
Preceded byAkinori Eto Chair, Lower House Committee on Security
2014–2016
Succeeded byAkira Sato
House of Councillors
Preceded byKoichi Yamamoto Chair, Upper House Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems
2010–2011
Succeeded byTeru Fukui
Political offices
Preceded byAkinori Eto State Minister of Defense
2008–2009
Succeeded byKazuya Shimba


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