Shigeyuki Goto

Japanese politician (born 1955)
後藤 茂之
Minister of Economic RevitalizationIn office
25 October 2022 – 13 September 2023Prime MinisterFumio KishidaPreceded byDaishiro YamagiwaSucceeded byYoshitaka ShindōMinister of Health, Labour and WelfareIn office
4 October 2021 – 10 August 2022Prime MinisterFumio KishidaPreceded byNorihisa TamuraSucceeded byKatsunobu KatōMember of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 June 2000 - 21 July 2009
16 December 2012Preceded byNorihisa TamuraSucceeded byKatsunobu KatōConstituencyNagano 4th district Personal detailsBorn (1955-12-09) 9 December 1955 (age 68)
Minato, Tokyo, JapanPolitical partyLiberal Democratic
(2003-present)Other political
affiliationsNew Frontier
(1996-1997)
Democratic
(1998-2003)Alma materUniversity of Tokyo

Shigeyuki Goto (後藤 茂之, Gotō Shigeyuki, born December 9, 1955) is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives.

A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he was selected to become Economic Revitalization Minister in October 2022 upon the cabinet resignation of Daishiro Yamagiwa.[1] Goto previously served as Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare from October 2021 to August 2022.

Career

A native of Minato, Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Finance in 1980. He also received a master's degree from Brown University as a bureaucrat. After he left the ministry in 1995, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives as a member of the New Frontier Party. He ran again in 2000 as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan and was elected for the first time.

References

  1. ^ "Ex-Japan health minister Goto replaces church-linked economy chief". Kyodo News. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  • 政治家情報 〜後藤 茂之〜. JANJAN ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-10-20.

External links

  • Official website in Japanese.
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare
2021–2022 		Succeeded by


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