Seigo Kitamura

北村 誠吾Minister of State (for Regulatory Reform)
Minister of State (for Promotion of Overcoming Population Decline and Vitalizing Local Economy in Japan)In office
September 11, 2019 (2019-09-11) – September 16, 2020Prime MinisterShinzo AbeVice Minister of DefenseIn office
August 5, 2008 (2008-08-05) – September 29, 2009 (2009-09-29)Prime MinisterYasuo Fukuda - Taro AsoMember of the House of Representatives for Nagasaki's 4th DistrictIn office
June 25, 2000 (2000-06-25) – May 20, 2023 Personal detailsBorn(1947-01-29)January 29, 1947
Ojika, Nagasaki, JapanDiedMay 20, 2023(2023-05-20) (aged 76)
Tokyo, JapanAlma 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.^[1]

References

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.

House of Representatives (Japan)
Preceded by Akinori Eto	Chair, Lower House Committee on Security 2014–2016	Succeeded by Akira Sato
House of Councillors
Preceded by Koichi Yamamoto	Chair, Upper House Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems 2010–2011	Succeeded by Teru Fukui
Political offices
Preceded by Akinori Eto	State Minister of Defense 2008–2009	Succeeded by Kazuya Shimba