Kazuo Kitagawa

Third Realigned Koizumi Cabinet
(2005-10-31)
Secretary	Shinzō Abe
Internal Affairs	Heizō Takenaka
Justice	Seiken Sugiura
Foreign Affairs	Taro Aso
Finance	Sadakazu Tanigaki
Education	Kenji Kosaka
Health	Jirō Kawasaki
Agriculture	Shoichi Nakagawa
Economy	Toshihiro Nikai
Land	Kazuo Kitagawa
Environment	Yuriko Koike
Defense	Fukushiro Nukaga
Ministers of State	Tetsuo Kutsukake; Kaoru Yosano; Koki Chuma; Iwao Matsuda; Kuniko Inoguchi;

Kazuo Kitagawa
Kazuo Kitagawa
北側一雄
	Kitagawa in 2022
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
	In office; 27 September 2004 – 26 September 2006
Prime Minister	Junichiro Koizumi
Preceded by	Nobuteru Ishihara
Succeeded by	Tetsuzo Fuyushiba
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 17 December 2012 – 9 October 2024
Preceded by	Hiroyuki Moriyama
Succeeded by	Masaki Kuroda
Constituency	Osaka 16th
	In office; 19 February 1990 – 21 July 2009
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Hiroyuki Moriyama
Constituency	Osaka 5th (1990–1996); Osaka 16th (1996–2009)
Personal details
Born	2 March 1953 (age 71); Ikuno-ku, Osaka, Japan
Political party	Komeito
Alma mater	Sōka University

Kazuo Kitagawa (北側一雄, Kitagawa Kazuo, born March 2, 1953) is a retired Japanese politician who served as the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in the Cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi.^[1]

Born in Ikuno-ku, Osaka, Kitagawa graduated from Faculty of Law at Sōka University and became a lawyer. In 1990, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time and was appointed as the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in 2004.^[1]

He was the general secretary of New Komeito when the party suffered a major defeat in the 2009 Japanese general election. New Komeito lost ten seats, including Kitagawa's and that of party leader Akihiro Ota. On 8 September 2009 Yoshihisa Inoue replaced Kitagawa as general secretary of New Komeito.^[2] Notwithstanding the loss of his seat, Kitagawa became deputy president of the party.

Kitagawa regained his seat representing the Osaka 16th district (representing Sakai-ku, Higashi-ku and Kita-ku in Sakai City) in the 2012 general election, and held the seat in the 2014 general election. On 9 October 2024, he announced his retirement from politics and would not run in the 2024 general election.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport". Naikaku Sōri Daijin Kantei. Archived from the original on 20 February 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
^ "Ailing New Komeito taps policy chief as new boss". The Japan Times. 8 September 2009. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013.
^ "公明党・北側一雄副代表「長い間ありがとうございました」、二階元自民幹事長ら与野党約２０人引退へ". 読売新聞. 2024-10-10. Retrieved 2024-10-21.

External links

(in Japanese) Official website

Political offices
Preceded by Nobuteru Ishihara	Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport of Japan 2004–2006	Succeeded by Tetsuzo Fuyushiba
Party political offices
Preceded by Tetsuzo Fuyushiba	General Secretary of Kōmeitō 2006–2009	Succeeded by Yoshihisa Inoue

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[kan-1] "Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport". Naikaku Sōri Daijin Kantei. Archived from the original on 20 February 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

[2] "Ailing New Komeito taps policy chief as new boss". The Japan Times. 8 September 2009. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013.

[3] "公明党・北側一雄副代表「長い間ありがとうございました」、二階元自民幹事長ら与野党約２０人引退へ". 読売新聞. 2024-10-10. Retrieved 2024-10-21.

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