Kenji Kitahashi

Kenji Kitahashi
Kenji Kitahashi
北橋健治
Mayor of Kitakyushu
	In office; 20 February 2007 – 19 February 2023
Preceded by	Koichi Sueyoshi
Succeeded by	Kazuhisa Takeuchi
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 18 July 1993 – 19 December 2006
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Daizo Kusuda
Constituency	Fukuoka 2nd (1993–1996); Fukuoka 9th (1996–2005); Kyushu PR (2005–2006)
	In office; 8 July 1986 – 24 January 1990
Constituency	Fukuoka 2nd
Personal details
Born	19 March 1953; Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan
Political party	Independent (since 2006)
Other political; affiliations	DSP (before 1998); NFP (1994–1998); DPJ (1998–2006)
Alma mater	University of Tokyo

Kenji Kitahashi (北橋健治, Kitahashi Kenji; born March 19, 1953 in Nishinomiya) is a Japanese politician and a former mayor of Kitakyushu, Japan. A graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the House of Representatives in Diet of Japan (parliament) for the first time in 1986 as a member of Democratic Socialist Party, which later became part of Democratic Party of Japan. After losing his seat in 1990, he was re-elected in 1993.^[1] In February 2007 he was elected mayor of Kitakyushu and went on to serve four terms, until 2023.^[2]

References

^ 北橋健治. www.senkyo.janjan.jp ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-03-03. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
^ "Former Bureaucrat Kazuhisa Takeuchi Elected as Kitakyushu Mayor in Four-Way Race". Fukuoka Now. Archived from the original on 20 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.