is a Japanese politician who was the 43rd

governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

Kagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kagawa Prefecture has a population of 949,358 (as of 2020) and is the smallest prefecture by geographic area at . Kagawa Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the southwest and Tok ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, serving three terms from 1998 until 2010. In 2009 he announced he would not contest the 2010 election and was succeeded by

Keizō Hamada is a former Japanese politician and finance bureaucrat and a former governor of Kagawa Prefecture in the Shikoku is the smallest of the four main islands of Japan. It is long and between wide. It has a population of 3.8 million ( ...

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* University of Tokyo alumni Politicians from Kagawa Prefecture 1940 births Living people Governors of Kagawa Prefecture {{Japan-politician-1940s-stub