Yukio Kurita Explained

Yukio Kurita
Birth Date:1930 4, df=y
Birth Place:Sabae, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Death Place:Fukui, Japan
Nationality:Japanese
Education:Graduate Schools for Law and Politics and Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo
Party:Independent
Office:Governor of Fukui Prefecture
Term Start:23 April 1987
Term End:22 April 2003
Successor:Issei Nishikawa
Native Name Lang:ja

Yukio Kurita (Japanese: 栗田幸雄 Kurita Yukio; 6 April 1930 – 17 May 2024) was a Japanese politician. An independent, he served as governor of Fukui Prefecture from 1987 to 2003.[1]

Kurita died in Fukui on 17 May 2024, at the age of 94.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: 13 August 2022. 飢えや福井空襲…少年時代を戦争と生きた栗田幸雄さんの記憶 元福井県知事、若い世代に悲惨さ伝える. Japanese. Fukui Shimbun. 20 May 2024.
  2. News: 17 May 2024. 栗田幸雄元福井県知事が死去 1987年から4期16年、94歳. Japanese. Fukui Shimbun. 20 May 2024.