Tokihiro Nakamura | |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Office: | Governor of Ehime Prefecture |
Term Start: | 1 December 2010 |
Predecessor: | Moriyuki Kato |
Office2: | Mayor of Matsuyama |
Term Start2: | 2 May 1999 |
Term End2: | 21 October 2010 |
Predecessor2: | Seiichi Tanaka |
Successor2: | Katsuhito Noshi |
Office3: | House of Representatives |
Constituency3: | Ehime No.1 district (pre-1996 district) |
Term Start3: | 18 July 1993 |
Term End3: | 27 September 1996 |
Predecessor3: | Mayumi Utsunomiya |
Successor3: | district abolished |
Office4: | Ehime Prefectural Assembly |
Term Start4: | 1987 |
Term End4: | 1990 |
Birth Date: | 1960 1, df=y |
Birth Place: | Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan |
Party: | Independent |
Alma Mater: | Keio University |
is a Japanese politician and the current governor of Ehime Prefecture, located in the Shikoku region of Japan. He succeeded Moriyuki Kato in the 2010 Ehime gubernatorial election.[1] Nakamura has previously served as the mayor of Matsuyama, the largest city in Ehime and Shikoku, from 1999 to 2010. He has also represented Ehime in the national House of Representatives from 1993 to 1996 and before that in the Ehime Prefectural Assembly from 1987 to 1990.
After graduating from Keio University with a degree in law in 1982, he briefly entered Mitsubishi Corporation before commencing his political career, following in the footsteps of his father Tokio Nakamura, who also served in the House of Representatives from 1953 until 1960 and from 1963 until 1969 and then as mayor of Matsuyama from 1975 until 1991.