is a Japanese politician who is the current governor of
Shizuoka Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Shizuoka Prefecture has a population of 3,555,818 and has a geographic area of . Shizuoka Prefecture borders Kanagawa Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Pref ...
.
Early life
Suzuki graduated from
Keio University in 1980.
Political career
Suzuki served in the
House of Representatives
House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entities. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often ...
in the
National Diet
, transcription_name = ''Kokkai''
, legislature = 215th Session of the National Diet
, coa_pic = Flag of Japan.svg
, house_type = Bicameral
, houses =
, foundation=29 November 1890(), leader1_type ...
for two terms, between 2000 and 2005, as a member of the
Democratic Party.
He was then elected as the mayor of
Hamamatsu
is a Cities of Japan, city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. In September 2023, the city had an estimated population of 780,128 in 340,591 households, making it the prefecture's largest city, with a population density of over the t ...
in 2007. After serving four terms in office, he declined to run for re-election in the
2023 Hamamatsu mayoral election.
Suzuki was elected governor in the
2024 Shizuoka Prefecture gubernatorial election as an independent endorsed by the
Constitutional Democratic Party and the
Democratic Party for the People.
Notes
References
External links
Official website
1957 births
Living people
People from Hamamatsu
Keio University alumni
Mayors of places in Shizuoka Prefecture
Governors of Shizuoka Prefecture
Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2003–2005
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