Seigo Kitamura

Seigo Kitamura
北村 誠吾
Official portrait, 2014
Minister of State (for Regional Revitalization) Minister of State (for Regulatory Reform)
In office September 11, 2019 (2019-09-11) – September 16, 2020
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Vice Minister of Defense
In office August 5, 2008 (2008-08-05) – September 29, 2009 (2009-09-29)
Prime Minister	Yasuo Fukuda Taro Aso
Member of the House of Representatives
In office June 25, 2000 (2000-06-25) – May 20, 2023
Preceded by	Daisuke Miyajima
Succeeded by	Youzou Kaneko
Constituency	Nagasaki 4th district (2000–2009, 2012–2023) Kyushu PR (2009–2012)
Personal details
Born	(1947-01-29)January 29, 1947 Ojika, Nagasaki, Japan
Died	May 20, 2023(2023-05-20) (aged 76) Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Alma mater	Waseda 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.

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.