Shigeyuki Goto
Shigeyuki Goto | |
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後藤 茂之 | |
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Minister of Economic Revitalization | |
In office 25 October 2022 – 13 September 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Fumio Kishida |
Preceded by | Daishiro Yamagiwa |
Succeeded by | Yoshitaka Shindō |
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare | |
In office 4 October 2021 – 10 August 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Fumio Kishida |
Preceded by | Norihisa Tamura |
Succeeded by | Katsunobu Katō |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
Assumed office 25 June 2000 - 21 July 2009 16 December 2012 | |
Preceded by | Norihisa Tamura |
Succeeded by | Katsunobu Katō |
Constituency | Nagano 4th district |
Personal details | |
Born | Minato, Tokyo, Japan | 9 December 1955
Political party | Liberal Democratic (2003-present) |
Other political affiliations | New Frontier (1996-1997) Democratic (1998-2003) |
Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
Shigeyuki Goto (後藤 茂之, Gotō Shigeyuki, born December 9, 1955) is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives.
A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he was selected to become Economic Revitalization Minister in October 2022 upon the cabinet resignation of Daishiro Yamagiwa.[1] Goto previously served as Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare from October 2021 to August 2022.
Career
[edit]A native of Minato, Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Finance in 1980. He also received a master's degree from Brown University as a bureaucrat. After he left the ministry in 1995, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives as a member of the New Frontier Party. He ran again in 2000 as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan and was elected for the first time.
References
[edit]- ^ "Ex-Japan health minister Goto replaces church-linked economy chief". Kyodo News. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- 政治家情報 〜後藤 茂之〜. JANJAN ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-10-20.
External links
[edit]- Official website in Japanese.