is a Japanese

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of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature).

Political career

A native of

Wajima, Ishikawa is a city located in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 27,698 in 12768 households, and a population density of 65 persons per km². The total area of the city was . Geography Wajima occupies the northwestern ...

and graduate of

Meiji University , abbreviated as Meiji (明治) or Meidai (明大'')'', is a private research university located in Chiyoda City, the heart of Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1881 as Meiji Law School (明治法律学校, ''Meiji Hōritsu Gakkō'') by three Meiji-er ...

, Kitamura was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005 after having served in the assembly of

Ishikawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu island. Ishikawa Prefecture has a population of 1,140,573 (31 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,186 km2 (1,616 sq mi). Ishikawa Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to ...

for seven terms since 1975. His profile on the LDP website: *Member, Ishikawa Prefectural Assembly *Deputy Chairman, General Council of LDP *Deputy Chairman, Diet Affairs Committee of LDP *Acting Director, Cabinet Division of LDP *Chairman, Committee on Organizations Involved with NPO and NGO of LDP *Parliamentary Secretary of Internal Affairs and Communications *Parliamentary Secretary of Cabinet Office *Member of Japan-US Parliamentary Association, Japan-South Korea Parliamentary Association, Japan-Taiwan Parliamentary Commission

Positions

A member of the Diet groups affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby

Nippon Kaigi The Right side up ...

, and to the fundamentalist league Shintō Seiji Renmei, Kitamura is in favor of the revision of the Constitution, of the right to collective-self-defense, of the change from a bicameral to a unicameral legislative system, of nuclear power plants, of relocating the US base in Okinawa, and against the participation of Japan to the

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, and against a nuclear-armed JapanProfile on Mainichi
- retrieved Nov 19, 2014

References

External links

Official website
in Japanese. {{DEFAULTSORT:Kitamura, Shigeo Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Koizumi Children People from Wajima, Ishikawa Politicians from Ishikawa Prefecture Living people 1945 births Members of Nippon Kaigi Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians