Natsuo Yamaguchi

Natsuo Yamaguchi
山口 那津男
President of New Komeito Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 2009
Preceded by	Akihiro Ota
Personal details
Born	山口那津男 (Yamaguchi Natsuo) July 12, 1952 Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, Japan
Political party	New Komeito
Alma mater	University of Tokyo

Natsuo Yamaguchi (山口 那津男 Yamaguchi Natsuo, born July 12, 1952) is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito, a member of the House of Councillors in the National Diet of Japan (Japanese national legislature). A native of Nakaminato (now Hitachinaka), Ibaraki and he was bred in Hitachi until his graduation from public senior high school. His mother was a teacher of the elementary school. After his graduating from the University of Tokyo with the B.L. degree in 1978, he became a lawyer in 1982.

He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990. After losing his seat in 1996, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 2000. In 2001 he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time. He became the party's leader on 8 September 2009 after the party suffered a major defeat In the Japanese general election, 2009. New Komeito lost ten seats, including that of party leader Akihiro Ota and general secretary Kazuo Kitagawa. On 8 September 2009, Yamaguchi replaced Ota as president of New Komeito.^[1]

Yamaguchi's term as party leader expired in September 2012, and he was re-appointed unopposed for another two years on September 22, 2012. No vote was required, as he was the only candidate.^[2]

References

1. The Japan Times Ailing New Komeito taps policy chief as new boss September 8 2009 Retrieved on August 8 2012
2. The Daily Yomiuri Yamaguchi gets nod for 3rd term as Komeito's chief representative September 23, 2012 Retrieved on September 26, 2012

• 政治家情報 〜山口 那津男〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-11-20. External link in |work= (help)

External links

• Official website in Japanese.