Yoshitake Kimata

Yoshitake Kimata
木俣 佳丈
Kimata in 2005
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
26 July 1998 – 25 July 2010
Preceded byKiyohiro Araki
Succeeded byMisako Yasui
ConstituencyAichi at-large
Personal details
Born (1965-02-19) 19 February 1965
Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan
Political partyDemocratic
Other political
affiliations
New Frontier (1994–1998)
New Fraternity (1998)
Alma materHitotsubashi University

Yoshitake Kimata (木俣 佳丈, Kimata Yoshitake; born February 19, 1965) is a former Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan and a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). He represented the Aichi at-large district. A native of Toyohashi, Aichi and a graduate of Hitotsubashi University and the George Washington University School of Public Policy and Public Administration, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 1996. In 1998 he ran for the House of Councillors and was elected for the first time.

References

  • 政治家情報 〜木俣 佳丈〜. www.senkyo.janjan.jp ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on December 8, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-10.