Takahiro Yokomichi
Takahiro Yokomichi (横路 孝弘, Yokomichi Takahiro, 3 January 1941 – 2 February 2023)[1] was a Japanese politician who belonged to the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and was a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Sapporo, Hokkaidō, and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the first of his five terms in the House of Representatives in 1969 as a member of the Japan Socialist Party in the electoral district of his late father Setsuo. He left the House of Representatives and was elected to be the governor of Hokkaidō. He served for three terms from 1983 to 1995. After finishing his term as governor, he left the Socialist Party, joining the DPJ. In 1996 he was re-elected to the House of Representatives. He is the leader of the most left-leaning faction in the DPJ. After the victory of 2009 elections, then-DPJ President Yukio Hatoyama named him as the next house speaker.
Takahiro Yokomichi | |
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横路 孝弘 | |
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| Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 16 September 2009 – 16 November 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Deputy | Seishirō Etō |
| Preceded by | Yōhei Kōno |
| Succeeded by | Bunmei Ibuki |
| Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 21 September 2005 – 21 July 2009 | |
| Speaker | Yōhei Kōno |
| Preceded by | Kansei Nakano |
| Succeeded by | Seishirō Etō |
| Governor of Hokkaido | |
| In office 23 April 1983 – 22 April 1995 | |
| Preceded by | Naohiro Dōgakinai |
| Succeeded by | Tatsuya Hori |
| Member of the House of Representatives from Hokkaido | |
| In office 7 November 1996 – 28 September 2017 | |
| Succeeded by | Daiki Michishita |
| Constituency |
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| In office 27 December 1969 – 23 April 1983 | |
| Constituency | Hokkaido-1st |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 January 1941 Sapporo, Japan |
| Died | 2 February 2023 (aged 82) |
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| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
| Website | Official website |
In the 2012 general election Yokomichi lost his single-seat electorate but retained a seat in the Diet through the proportional representation system.[2] He managed to regain his seat in the 2014 election and held it until he retired in 2017.