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後藤 斎
ごとう ひとし
GOTO Hitoshi
政務調査会 政務調査会筆頭副会長 · 政務調査会Senior Vice Chair of the Policy Research Council
国民民主参議院· House of Councillors山梨· Yamanashi国民民主党・新緑風会· Democratic Party For the People and The Shin-Ryokufukai1 term
Born 1957-07-22 · 山梨県甲府市 (Kofu City, Yamanashi Prefecture)
Policy issues
Current positions
Party Positions
- 政務調査会 政務調査会筆頭副会長Senior Vice Chair of the Policy Research Council
- 選挙制度調査会長Chair of the Research Commission on the Electoral System
Career & history
Government Posts
- Term as Governor of Yamanashi Prefecture ended
- Assumed office as Governor of Yamanashi Prefecture
- Appointed as State Minister of the Cabinet Office (Noda Cabinet)
- Appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Hatoyama and Kan Cabinets)
Party Posts
- Appointed as Acting Chair of the Diet Affairs Committee of the Democratic Party of Japan
- Appointed as Vice Chair of the Policy Research Committee of the Democratic Party of Japan
Committee Chairs
- Appointed as Director of the Special Committee on Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake, House of Representatives
Professional Career
- Resigned from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Appointed as Deputy Director of the Import Division, Food Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Seconded to the JETRO New York Center as Director of the Agriculture and Fisheries Department
- Seconded to the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
- Joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Education
- Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Tohoku University
- Graduated from Yamanashi Prefectural Kofu Daiichi High School
Awards
- Received the Partnership Evaluation Award from the Japan Federation of Business and Professional Women (BPW Japan)
- Selected for the National Governors' Association Excellent Policy Award in three categories, including measures against population decline
Other
- Submitted the Bill for the Creation of the Vacancy Tax and Special Provisions for Taxation on the Transfer of Ultra-Short-Term Owned Housing
- Submitted the Bill for the Restoration of the Dependent Deduction for Young Children
- First elected to the House of Councillors in the 27th Regular Election
- First elected as Governor of Yamanashi Prefecture
- Elected to the House of Representatives in the 46th General Election (4th term)
- Elected to the House of Representatives in the 45th General Election (3rd term)
- Elected to the House of Representatives in the 44th General Election (2nd term)
- First elected to the House of Representatives in the 42nd General Election
- Born in Kofu City, Yamanashi Prefecture
Elections
Committee memberships
Offices
Diet Office
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山梨県中巨摩郡昭和町西条1700-4F
1700-4F Saijo, Showa-machi, Nakakoma-gun, Yamanashi