Hitoshi Goto

Hitoshi Gotō
後藤 斎
Governor of Yamanashi Prefecture
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 February 2015
Preceded by Shōmei Yokouchi
Personal details
Born 22 July 1957
Kōfu, Japan
Alma mater Tohoku University

Hitoshi Goto (後藤 斎 Gotō Hitoshi, born 1957) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kōfu and graduate of Tohoku University, he worked at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from 1980 to 1995. He was elected for the first time in 2000.

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