Keiji Yamada | |
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山田 啓二 | |
Governor of Kyoto Prefecture | |
Assumed office 16 April 2002 |
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Preceded by | Teiichi Aramaki |
Personal details | |
Born |
Sumoto, Hyōgo, Japan |
5 April 1954
Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
Keiji Yamada (山田 啓二 Yamada Keiji?, born April 5, 1954) is the governor of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. A native of Hyōgo Prefecture and 1977 graduate of the University of Tokyo, he had worked at the Ministry of Home Affairs since 1977 and served as the vice governor of Kyoto Prefecture before elected governor for the first time in 2002. In 2011 he also took over from Wataru Aso as President of the National Governors Association.