Yoshihiro Katayama | |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Office: | Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications |
Primeminister: | Naoto Kan |
Term Start: | 17 September 2010 |
Term End: | 2 September 2011 |
Predecessor: | Kazuhiro Haraguchi |
Successor: | Tatsuo Kawabata |
Office2: | Governor of Tottori Prefecture |
Term Start2: | 13 April 1999 |
Term End2: | 12 April 2007 |
Predecessor2: | Yuuji Nishio |
Successor2: | Shinji Hirai |
Birth Date: | 29 July 1951 |
Birth Place: | Okayama, Japan |
Party: | Democratic Party of Japan |
Alma Mater: | University of Tokyo |
was the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan from September 2010 through September 2011. He was the governor of Tottori Prefecture from 1999 to 2007.[1]