Kansei Nakano

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Kansei Nakano (中野寛成, Nakano Kansei^?, born November 26, 1940) is a Japanese politician who is a member of the Democratic Party of Japan and the Vice-Speaker of the Lower House of the Diet.

Nakano was born in 1940 in Nagasaki. At age four, he experienced the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. In 1963 he graduated from the Law Department of Kansai University.

As a university student in 1960 he joined the Democratic Socialist Party. After being elected three times to the Toyonaka city council, he won election to the Diet in 1976.

In 1994 Nakano joined the New Frontier Party and served as the Chair of the Policy Inquiry Commission. Upon the collapse of the party, Nakano formed the New Fraternity Party, which eventually merged with other liberal parties to form the Democratic Party of Japan. He currently represents the Osaka 8 electoral district.

Note: As part of Diet custom, the Speaker and Vice-Speaker of the House must formally secede from their party. For this reason, Nakano is sometimes referred to as an independent in official Diet information. In practice he remains a member of the DPJ.