Tomokatsu Kitagawa

Tomokatsu Kitagawa
北川 知克
Kitagawa in 2013
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 17 December 2012 – 26 December 2018
Preceded by	Shinji Tarutoko
Succeeded by	Fumitake Fujita
Constituency	Osaka 12th
In office 16 July 2003 – 21 July 2009
Preceded by	Tōru Okutani
Succeeded by	Shinji Tarutoko
Constituency	Kinki PR (2003–2005) Osaka 12th (2005–2009)
Personal details
Born	(1951-11-08)8 November 1951 Neyagawa, Osaka, Japan
Died	26 December 2018(2018-12-26) (aged 67) Suita, Osaka, Japan
Party	Liberal Democratic
Parent	Ishimatsu Kitagawa (father)
Alma mater	Kansai University

Tomokatsu Kitagawa (北川 知克, Kitagawa Tomokatsu; 8 November 1951 – 26 December 2018) was a Japanese politician from the Liberal Democratic Party, and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

Early life

Kitagawa was a native of Neyagawa, Osaka and graduated from Kansai University.

Political career

Kitagawa ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 2000.

He became a member in July 2003 as proportional replacement from the LDP list in Kinki for deceased Tōru Okutani, in the November 2003 election he was elected for the first time.

He ran for re-election in 2009 and was defeated by Shinji Tarutoko of the Democratic Party.

Kitagawa recaptured his seat in the 2012 election and held it until his death from peritonitis on 26 December 2018.

External links

• Official website in Japanese.