Iwate Prefectural Assembly

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Iwate Prefectural Assembly

岩手県議会

Iwate-ken Gikai
Type
Type
Unicameral
History
Founded1878 (1878)
1947 (1947) (current local autonomy law)
Leadership
President (gichō)
Hiroshi Sasaki (佐々木博, Sasaki Hiroshi)[1], Democratic Party
since September 2011
Vice President (fuku-gichō)
Iwami Yanagimura (柳村岩見, Yanagimura Iwami)[1], Liberal Democratic Party
since September 2011
Seats48 assembly members
Website
www.pref.iwate.jp/~hp0731/

The Iwate Prefectural Assembly (岩手県議会, Iwate-ken Gikai) is the prefectural parliament of Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

Its 48 members are elected every four years in 16 districts by single non-transferable vote.

The assembly is responsible for enacting and amending prefectural ordinances, approving the budget and voting on important administrative appointments made by the governor including the vice governors.

Iwate is one of three prefectures whose assemblies are currently led by the DJP majority. The others are the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly and the Mie Prefectural Assembly.

Members[]

As of 20 September 2019:[2]
Constituency Members Party
Iwate Kenmin Club
Kibō Iwate
Komeito
Social Democratic Party
Japanese Communist Party 
LDP
Iwate Shinseikai
 [ja] Independent
LDP
Iwate Shinseikai
Kibō Iwate
LDP
LDP
Iwate Shinseikai
LDP
Social Democratic Party
Kibō Iwate
Kibō Iwate
Kibō Iwate
Kibō Iwate
Kibō Iwate
LDP
Kibō Iwate
Iwate Shinseikai
Independent
Iwate Kenmin Club
Kibō Iwate
LDP
Iwate Shinseikai
Japanese Communist Party
LDP
LDP
Iwate Shinseikai
Kibō Iwate
LDP
LDP
Iwate Kenmin Club
Kibō Iwate
Japanese Communist Party
Kibō Iwate
Kibō Iwate
Iwate Kenmin Club
Iwate Kenmin Club
LDP
Kibō Iwate
Iwate Shinseikai
LDP
Iwate Shinseikai

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