Kotaro Nagasaki

Kotaro Nagasaki
長崎幸太郎
Governor of Yamanashi Prefecture
Assumed office
17 February 2019
Preceded byHitoshi Goto
Member of House of Representatives
In office
8 December 2012 – 28 September 2017
Preceded byTakehiro Sakaguchi
Succeeded byNoriko Horiuchi
ConstituencyYamanashi 2nd
In office
11 September 2005 – 21 July 2009
ConstituencySouthern Kanto PR
Personal details
Born (1968-08-18) 18 August 1968
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Alma materTokyo University
WebsiteOfficial website

Kotaro Nagasaki (長崎 幸太郎, Nagasaki Kōtarō; born August 18, 1968) is a Japanese politician who has served as the governor of Yamanashi Prefecture since 2019. He formerly served as a member of the House of Representatives in the National Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo he joined the Ministry of Finance in 1991. He graduated from Cornell Law School in the United States while still in the ministry. In 2005 he left the ministry and was elected to the Diet for the first time. In 2019 he was elected governor of Yamanashi Prefecture with 49.7% of the vote in a single round.

References

  • 政治家情報 〜長崎 幸太郎〜. JANJAN ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-10-08.