He was the general secretary of New Komeito when the party suffered a major defeat in the 2009 Japanese general election. New Komeito lost ten seats, including Kitagawa's and that of party leader Akihiro Ota. On 8 September 2009 Yoshihisa Inoue replaced Kitagawa as general secretary of New Komeito.[1] Notwithstanding the loss of his seat, Kitagawa became deputy president of the party.
kazuo, kitagawa, 北側, 一雄, kitagawa, kazuo, born, march, 1953, minister, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, japanese, cabinet, junichiro, koizumi, kitagawa, minister, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, japan, 2005, third, realigned, koizumi, cabinet, 2005, secreta. Kazuo Kitagawa 北側 一雄 Kitagawa Kazuo born March 2 1953 was the Minister of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries in the Japanese Cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi Kitagawa Minister of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries Japan 2005 Third Realigned Koizumi Cabinet 2005 10 31 SecretaryShinzō AbeInternal AffairsHeizō TakenakaJusticeSeiken SugiuraForeign AffairsTaro AsoFinanceSadakazu TanigakiEducationKenji KosakaHealthJirō KawasakiAgricultureShoichi NakagawaEconomyToshihiro NikaiLandKazuo KitagawaEnvironmentYuriko KoikeDefenseFukushiro NukagaMinisters of StateTetsuo Kutsukake Kaoru Yosano Koki Chuma Iwao Matsuda Kuniko InoguchiBorn in Ikuno ku Osaka Kitagawa graduated from Faculty of Law Soka University and became a lawyer In 1990 he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time and since 2004 has been Minister of Land Infrastructure and Transport Member of New Komeito He was the general secretary of New Komeito when the party suffered a major defeat in the 2009 Japanese general election New Komeito lost ten seats including Kitagawa s and that of party leader Akihiro Ota On 8 September 2009 Yoshihisa Inoue replaced Kitagawa as general secretary of New Komeito 1 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 in the 2012 general election and held the seat in the 2014 general election References edit The Japan Times Ailing New Komeito taps policy chief as new boss September 8 2009 Retrieved on August 8 2012External links edit in Japanese Official website ProfilePolitical officesPreceded byNobuteru Ishihara Minister of Land Infrastructure Transport of Japan2004 2006 Succeeded byTetsuzo FuyushibaParty political officesPreceded byTetsuzo Fuyushiba General Secretary of Kōmeitō2006 2009 Succeeded byYoshihisa Inoue nbsp This article about a Japanese politician born in the 1950s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kazuo Kitagawa amp oldid 1099249191, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
