Seigo Kitamura

Seigo Kitamura
北村 誠吾
File:Seigo Kitamura 20141116.jpg Official portrait, 2014
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 25 June 2000 – 20 May 2023
Preceded by	Daisuke Miyajima
Succeeded by	Yozo Kaneko
Constituency	Nagasaki 4th (2000–2009; 2012–2023) Kyushu PR (2009–2012)
Member of the Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly
In office 1987–2000
Constituency	Kitamatsuura District
Member of the Sasebo City Council
In office 1983–1986
Personal details
Born	(1947-01-29)29 January 1947 Ojika, Nagasaki, Japan
Died	20 May 2023(2023-05-20) (aged 76) Tokyo, Japan
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), who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

Early life

Kitamura was a native of Ojika, Nagasaki and graduated from Waseda University.

Political career

Kitamura 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 from 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.

Death

Kitamura died in Tokyo on May 20, 2023, at the age of 76.

External links

• Official website in Japanese.