Kenji Kitahashi | |
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北橋 健治 | |
Mayor of Kitakyushu | |
Assumed office 20 February 2007 |
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Preceded by | Koichi Sueyoshi |
Personal details | |
Born |
Nishinomiya, Japan |
March 19, 1953
Political party | Democratic Party of Japan |
Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
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.