Yorikane Masumoto Explained

Yorikane Masumoto
Native Name Lang:ja
Office:25th Mayor of Kyoto
Term Start:25 February 1996
Term End:24 February 2008
Predecessor:Tomoyuki Tanabe
Successor:Daisaku Kadokawa
Birth Date:29 January 1941
Birth Place:Dalian, China
Party:Independent
Alma Mater:Chuo University

is a Japanese politician who was mayor of Kyoto from 1996 to 2008. A graduate of Chuo University, he was first elected in February 1996. After three full terms in office he did not run again in the 2008 mayoral election.

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