Takahiro Yokomichi

Takahiro Yokomichi
Takahiro Yokomichi
	横路孝弘
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan
	In office; 16 September 2009 – 16 November 2012
Prime Minister	Yukio Hatoyama ; Naoto Kan ; Yoshihiko Noda
Deputy	Seishirō Etō
Preceded by	Yōhei Kōno
Succeeded by	Bunmei Ibuki
Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan
	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	Hokkaido-1st (1996–2012, 2014–2017); Hokkaido PR (2012–2014)
	In office; 27 December 1969 – 23 April 1983
Constituency	Hokkaido-1st
Personal details
Born	3 January 1941; Sapporo, Japan
Other political; affiliations	DP (2016-2017; DPJ (1996–2016, merger); Independent (1983–1996); JSP (1969–1983);
Alma mater	University of Tokyo
Website	Official website

Takahiro Yokomichi (横路孝弘, Yokomichi Takahiro, born January 3, 1941) is a Japanese politician who belongs 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 of the House of Representatives.

In the 2012 general election Yokomichi lost his single-seat electorate but retained a seat in the Diet through the proportional representation system.[1] He managed to regain his seat in the 2014 election and held it until he retired in 2017.

References

Japan Times Nothing left for the election-gutted DPJ to do but rebuild December 18, 2012

External links

Official website in Japanese.

House of Representatives of Japan
New district	Representative for Hokkaidō 1st district (single-member) 1996–2012	Succeeded by Toshimitsu Funahashi
Preceded by Eight representatives elected by proportional representation	One of eight representatives for Hokkaidō proportional representation block (PR) 2012–2014	Succeeded by Eight representatives elected by proportional representation
Preceded by Tohsimitsu Funahashi	Representative for Hokkaidō 1st district (single-member) 2014–present	Incumbent
Preceded by vacancy created by Setsuo Yokomichi Torazō Shimamoto ...	Representative for Hokkaidō 1st district 1969–1983 Served alongside: Usaburō Chisaki III, Noboru Minowa, ....	Succeeded by Nobutaka Machimura ...
Preceded by Yōhei Kōno	President of the House of Representatives 2009–2012	Succeeded by Bunmei Ibuki
Preceded by Kansei Nakano	Vice-President of the House of Representatives 2005–2009	Succeeded by Seishirō Etō
Political offices
Preceded by Naohiro Dōgakinai	Governor of Hokkaido 1983–1995	Succeeded by Tatsuya Hori

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[1] Japan Times Nothing left for the election-gutted DPJ to do but rebuild December 18, 2012