Shōmei Yokouchi | |
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横内 正明 | |
Governor of Yamanashi Prefecture | |
In office 17 February 2007 – 16 February 2015 |
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Preceded by | Takahiko Yamamoto |
Succeeded by | Hitoshi Goto |
Personal details | |
Born |
Nirasaki, Yamanashi, Japan |
2 March 1942
Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
Shōmei Yokouchi (横内 正明 Yokouchi Shōmei, born March 2, 1942) is a Japanese politician. He represented the Yamanashi Prefecture electoral district and later Yamanashi District No. 3 in the House of Representatives in the national Diet from 1993 until 2002 and was governor of Yamanashi Prefecture from 2007 until 2015. He is a graduate of the University of Tokyo Law Department.