Shōgo Arai
Shōgo Arai | |
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荒井 正吾 | |
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| Governor of Nara Prefecture | |
| Assumed office 3 May 2007 | |
| Preceded by | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 January 1945 Yao, Osaka, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party of Japan |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
Shōgo Arai (荒井 正吾, Arai Shōgo, born 18 January 1945 in Yao, Osaka) is a Japanese politician and the current governor of Nara Prefecture in Japan, first elected in 2007. A graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Transport, attending Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs Syracuse University as a ministry official. Leaving the ministry in 2001, he was elected to the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan (national legislature) for the first time in the same year.
References[]
- 政治家情報 〜荒井 正吾〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 29 July 2007. Retrieved 8 December 2007.
External links[]
- Official website (in Japanese)
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Categories:
- 1945 births
- Living people
- People from Yao, Osaka
- Politicians from Nara Prefecture
- University of Tokyo alumni
- Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs alumni
- Members of the House of Councillors (Japan)
- Governors of Nara Prefecture
- Japanese politician, 1940s birth stubs