Kazuo Kitagawa 北側一雄 (USCG photo JARVIS JAPAN DEPLOYMENT)

was the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the Japanese Cabinet of

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. Born in Ikuno-ku,

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...

, Kitagawa graduated from Faculty of Law, Soka University and became a lawyer. In 1990, he was elected to the

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for the first time and since 2004 has been Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Member of

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. He was the general secretary of New Komeito when the party suffered a major defeat in the

2009 Japanese general election General elections were held in Japan on August 30, 2009 to elect the 480 members of the House of Representatives. The opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) defeated the ruling coalition ( Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and New Komeito Party) ...

. New Komeito lost ten seats, including Kitagawa's and that of party leader

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. On 8 September 2009

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replaced Kitagawa as general secretary of New Komeito.The Japan Time
Ailing New Komeito taps policy chief as new boss September 8 2009
Retrieved on August 8, 2012 Notwithstanding the loss of his seat, Kitagawa became deputy president of the party. Kitagawa regained his seat representing the Osaka 16th district (representing Sakai-ku, Higashi-ku and Kita-ku in

Sakai City is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It has been one of the largest and most important seaports of Japan since the medieval era. Sakai is known for its keyhole-shaped burial mounds, or kofun, which date from the fifth century and in ...

) in the 2012 general election, and held the seat in the 2014 general election.

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1953 births Living people People from Osaka 20th-century Japanese lawyers Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Ministers of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan 21st-century Japanese politicians New Komeito politicians {{japan-politician-1950s-stub