Kensei Mizote

Kensei Mizote
溝手 顕正
Mizote in 2019
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
In office
26 September 2006 – 27 August 2007
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Preceded byTetsuo Kutsukake
Succeeded byShinya Izumi
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
5 December 1993 – 28 July 2019
Preceded byYūzan Fujita
Succeeded byAnri Kawai
ConstituencyHiroshima at-large
Mayor of Mihara
In office
1987–1993
Preceded byYoshi Doiyama
Succeeded bySeiji Yamamoto
Personal details
Born(1942-09-13)13 September 1942
Minami, Hiroshima, Japan
Died14 April 2023(2023-04-14) (aged 80)
Hiroshima, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo

Kensei Mizote (溝手 顕正, Mizote Kensei; September 13, 1942 – April 14, 2023) was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).

Career

A native of Hiroshima, Hiroshima and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he became mayor of Mihara, Hiroshima in 1987 and was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1993. He died from complications of a stroke on April 14, 2023, at the age of 80.[1]

References

  • 政治家情報 〜溝手 顕正〜 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-12-01. Retrieved 2007-11-20.