Japanese politician (born 1955)
Shigeyuki Goto (後藤 茂之, Gotō Shigeyuki, born December 9, 1955) is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives.
A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he was selected to become Economic Revitalization Minister in October 2022 upon the cabinet resignation of Daishiro Yamagiwa.[1] Goto previously served as Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare from October 2021 to August 2022.
Career
A native of Minato, Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Finance in 1980. He also received a master's degree from Brown University as a bureaucrat. After he left the ministry in 1995, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives as a member of the New Frontier Party. He ran again in 2000 as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan and was elected for the first time.
Election history
| Election
|
Age
|
District
|
Political party
|
Number of votes
|
election results
|
| 1996 Japanese general election
|
40
|
Nagano 4th district
|
NFP
|
65,009
|
lost
|
| 2000 Japanese general election
|
44
|
Nagano 4th district
|
DPJ
|
78,397
|
winning
|
| 2003 Japanese general election
|
47
|
Nagano 4th district
|
LDP
|
70,618
|
winning
|
| 2005 Japanese general election
|
49
|
Nagano 4th district
|
LDP
|
87,859
|
winning
|
| 2009 Japanese general election
|
53
|
Nagano 4th district
|
LDP
|
63,118
|
lost
|
| 2012 Japanese general election
|
57
|
Nagano 4th district
|
LDP
|
68,083
|
winning
|
| 2014 Japanese general election
|
59
|
Nagano 4th district
|
LDP
|
63,121
|
winning
|
| 2017 Japanese general election
|
61
|
Nagano 4th district
|
LDP
|
68,673
|
winning
|
| 2021 Japanese general election
|
65
|
Nagano 4th district
|
LDP
|
86,962
|
winning
|
| 2024 Japanese general election
|
68
|
Nagano 4th district
|
LDP
|
75,713
|
winning
|
| [2][3]
|
References
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