KITAGAWA Kazuo

• In-House Group: Komeito
• Elected: Osaka 16th District (single-seat constituency), ten times
• Born: March 1953, Osaka
• Education:
• Faculty of Law, Soka University

• Career:
• Lawyer (Attorney)
• Certified Public Tax Accountant
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance (Aug. 1993)
• Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport;
• Minister in charge of Tourism-based Country (Sep. 2004)
• Chair, Standing Committee on Internal Affairs and Communications, House of Representatives (Dec. 2012)
• Chair, Komeito Policy Research Council (Jun. 2000- Sep. 2004)
• Secretary General, Komeito (Sep. 2006- Sep. 2009)
• Vice Representative, Komeito
• Chair, Komeito Central Secretariat