is a retired

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ese

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of the

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, who served as a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature).

Political career

A native of

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and graduate of

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, Kitamura was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005 after having served in the assembly of

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for seven terms since 1975. His profile on the LDP website: *Member, Ishikawa Prefectural Assembly *Deputy Chairman, General Council of LDP *Deputy Chairman, Diet Affairs Committee of LDP *Acting Director, Cabinet Division of LDP *Chairman, Committee on Organizations Involved with NPO and NGO of LDP *Parliamentary Secretary of Internal Affairs and Communications *Parliamentary Secretary of Cabinet Office *Member of Japan-US Parliamentary Association, Japan-South Korea Parliamentary Association, Japan-Taiwan Parliamentary Commission

Positions

A member of the Diet groups affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby

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, and to the fundamentalist league Shintō Seiji Renmei, Kitamura is in favor of the revision of the Constitution, of the right to collective-self-defense, of the change from a bicameral to a unicameral legislative system, of nuclear power plants, of relocating the US base in Okinawa, and against the participation of Japan to the

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, and against a nuclear-armed JapanProfile on Mainichi
- retrieved Nov 19, 2014

References

External links

Official website
in Japanese. {{DEFAULTSORT:Kitamura, Shigeo Koizumi Children People from Wajima, Ishikawa Politicians from Ishikawa Prefecture Living people 1945 births Members of Nippon Kaigi Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2005–2009 Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2009–2012 Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2012–2014 Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2014–2017