is a Japanese politician, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).[1]
Keiro Kitagami | |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Term Start: | 2 November 2021 |
Constituency: | Kyoto 4th |
Term Start1: | 21 April 2016 |
Term End1: | 28 September 2017 |
Constituency1: | Kinki PR block |
Term Start2: | 11 September 2005 |
Term End2: | 16 November 2012 |
Constituency2: | Kinki PR block Kyoto 4th |
Birth Date: | 1 February 1967 |
Birth Place: | Tokyo, Japan |
Party: | Independent |
Otherparty: | Democratic Democratic Kibō no Tō |
Alma Mater: | Kyoto University |
Website: | 北神圭朗公式サイト |
A native of Tokyo and graduate of Kyoto University, he joined the Ministry of Finance. After leaving the ministry, he was elected for the first time in 2005. In 2004, Kitagami was honored as an Inamori Fellow by the Inamori Foundation and in 2007 as a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum (Davos Forum).[2] Kitagami was appointed as Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry by Yoshihiko Noda in 2011, and served as Special Advisor to the Prime Minister during the Noda Cabinet in 2012.[3]