Makoto Koga

Makoto Koga
古賀 誠
Official portrait, 1996
Minister of Transport
In office
7 November 1996 – 11 September 1997
Preceded byYoshiyuki Kamei
Succeeded byTakao Fujii
ConstituencyRyutaro Hashimoto
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
23 June 1980 – 16 November 2012
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded bySatoshi Fujimaru
ConstituencyFukuoka 3rd (1980–1996)
Fukuoka 7th (1996–2012)
Personal details
Born (1940-08-05) 5 August 1940 (age 84)
Setaka, Fukuoka, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Alma materNihon University

Makoto Koga (古賀 誠, Koga Makoto, born August 5, 1940) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) and formerly Minister of Transport. A native of Setaka, Fukuoka and graduate of Nihon University, he was elected for the first time in 1980 after an unsuccessful run in 1979.[citation needed]

The character Tetsuya Gamon in the manga Akumetsu is based on him.[citation needed]

References

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  • 政治家情報 〜古賀 誠〜. www.senkyo.janjan.jp (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-20.
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Party political offices
Preceded by Head of Kōchikai faction
2006–2012
Succeeded by