Kazuo Kitagawa ( 北側 一雄 , Kitagawa Kazuo , born March 2, 1953) was the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in the Japanese Cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi . ^[1]

Born in Ikuno-ku , Osaka , Kitagawa graduated from Faculty of Law , Soka University and became a lawyer. In 1990, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time and since 2004 has been Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. ^[1] Member of New Komeito .

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 .

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• (in Japanese) Official website

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