Preceded by Koichi Sueyoshi Party Democratic Party of Japan Education University of Tokyo | Name Kenji Kitahashi Alma mater University of Tokyo | |
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Born March 19, 1953 (age 71)
Nishinomiya, Japan ( 1953-03-19 ) Political party Democratic Party of Japan Similar People Yukio Hatoyama, Ichiro Ozawa, Naoto Kan | ||
Kenji Kitahashi (北橋 健治, Kitahashi Kenji, born March 19, 1953 in Nishinomiya) is a Japanese politician and the current mayor of Kitakyushu, Japan. A graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the House of Representatives in Diet of Japan (parliament) for the first time in 1986 as a member of Democratic Socialist Party, which later became part of Democratic Party of Japan. After losing his seat in 1990, he was re-elected in 1993. In February 2007 he was elected mayor of Kitakyushu.
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