Background
Kitagawa, Kazuo was born on March 2, 1953.
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Kitagawa, Kazuo was born on March 2, 1953.
Born in Ikuno-ku, Osaka, Kitagawa graduated from Faculty of Law, Soka University and became a lawyer
In 1990, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time and since 2004 has been Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. He was the general secretary of New Komeito when the party suffered a major defeat in the Japanese general election, 2009. New Komeito lost ten seats, including Kitagawa"s and that of party leader Akihiro Ota.
On 8 September 2009 Yoshihisa Inoue replaced Kitagawa as general secretary of New Komeito.
Member of New Komeito.