Hitoshi Goto
| Hitoshi Gotō | |
|---|---|
| 後藤 斎 | |
| Governor of Yamanashi Prefecture | |
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Assumed office 16 February 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Shōmei Yokouchi |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
22 July 1957 Kōfu, Yamanashi, Japan |
| Alma mater | Tohoku University |
Hitoshi Goto (後藤 斎 Gotō Hitoshi, born 1957) is a Japanese politician and current governor of Yamanashi Prefecture. He was formerly a Democratic Party of Japan (now Democratic Party (Japan)) member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). He resigned from the Democratic Party and the Diet in November 2014 so that he could contest the January 2015 Yamanashi Gubernatorial election as an independent. A native of Kōfu and graduate of Tohoku University with a Bachelor of Economics, he worked at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from 1980 to 1995.
References
- 政治家情報 〜後藤 斎〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-20. External link in
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