Preceded by Shomei Yokouchi Education Tohoku University Role Japanese Politician | Name Hitoshi Goto Alma mater Tohoku University | |
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Born 22 July 1957 (age 66)
Kofu, Japan ( 1957-07-22 ) | ||
Hitoshi Goto (後藤 斎, Gotō Hitoshi, born 22 July 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.
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