Kenji Kitahashi

Kenji Kitahashi
Kenji Kitahashi
北橋健治
Mayor of Kitakyushu
	In office; 20 February 2007 – 19 February 2023
Preceded by	Koichi Sueyoshi
Succeeded by	Kazuhisa Takeuchi
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 18 July 1993 – 19 December 2006
Preceded by	Kazuaki Ozawa
Succeeded by	Daizo Kusuda
Constituency	Fukuoka 2nd (1993–1996); Fukuoka 9th (1996–2005); Kyushu PR (2005–2006)
	In office; 8 July 1986 – 24 January 1990
Preceded by	Sanae Miyata
Succeeded by	Kazuaki Ozawa
Constituency	Fukuoka 2nd
Personal details
Born	19 March 1953 (age 73); Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan
Party	Independent (since 2006)
Other political; affiliations	DSP (1977–1994); NFP (1994–1998); DPJ (1998–2006)
Alma mater	University of Tokyo

Kenji Kitahashi (北橋健治, Kitahashi Kenji; born 19 March 1953, in Nishinomiya) is a Japanese politician and a former mayor of Kitakyushu, Japan. A graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the House of Representatives in Diet of Japan (parliament) for the first time in 1986 as a member of Democratic Socialist Party, which later became part of Democratic Party of Japan. After losing his seat in 1990, he was re-elected in 1993.^[1] In February 2007 he was elected mayor of Kitakyushu and went on to serve four terms, until 2023.^[2]

References

↑ 北橋健治. www.senkyo.janjan.jp ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 3 March 2007. Retrieved 13 December 2007.
↑ "Former Bureaucrat Kazuhisa Takeuchi Elected as Kitakyushu Mayor in Four-Way Race". Fukuoka Now. Archived from the original on 20 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.

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