Gōsei Yamamoto is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives.

History

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, a member of the House of Representatives (later governor of Ehime Prefecture) and joined Itochu Enex. He resigned and served as secretary to

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, who was a member of the House of Representatives. Also, he served as secretary to Tsutomu Okubo, who was a member of the House of Councilors. In the

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, he was the

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candidate for the

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. Though he got 69,000 votes, he lost to Taro Aso, who was then Prime Minister. Later, he was elected to Kyushu proportional representation block, and was elected for the first time. In the

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, Gōsei lost to Aso by more than 100,000 votes and failed to win the election. In the

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, he ran for office in the Fukuoka 1st district. Since two former members of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ran for office as independents, Gōsei was likely to win the conservative split. But he lost to Takahiro Inoue.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yamamoto, Gōsei Japanese politicians 1972 births Living people Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Komazawa University alumni