Shigeyuki Goto Explained

Shigeyuki Goto
Native Name Lang:ja
Office:Minister of Economic Revitalization
Primeminister:Fumio Kishida
Term Start:25 October 2022
Term End:13 September 2023
Predecessor:Daishiro Yamagiwa
Successor:Yoshitaka Shindō
Office2:Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Primeminister2:Fumio Kishida
Term Start2:4 October 2021
Term End2:10 August 2022
Predecessor2:Norihisa Tamura
Successor2:Katsunobu Katō
Office3:Member of the House of Representatives
Constituency3:Nagano 4th district
Term Start3:25 June 2000 - 21 July 2009
16 December 2012
Predecessor3:Norihisa Tamura
Successor3:Katsunobu Katō
Birth Date:9 December 1955
Birth Place:Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Party:Liberal Democratic
Otherparty:New Frontier

Democratic
Alma Mater:University of Tokyo

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ex-Japan health minister Goto replaces church-linked economy chief. 25 October 2022. Kyodo News. 25 October 2022.