Katsuhiko Yokomitsu (横光 克彦, Yokomitsu Katsuhiko, born November
4, 1943) is a Japanese actor and politician of the Constitutional
Democratic Party of Japan (CDP), a member of the House of
Representatives in the National Diet (national legislature).A native
of Usa, ÅŒita and graduate of the University of Kitakyushu, he was
elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 as
an independent. He later joined the Social Democratic Party and then
Democratic Party of Japan. In 2011, he assumed the office of Senior
Vice-Minister of the Environment. After General Election 2012, which
he lost the seat, he announced his retirement from politics and return
to the entertainment industry. Shin Godzilla in which he played the
role of Minister of the Environment is one of the most major movies
after his return.He made a comeback to politics in 2017. He joined the
CDP prior to the 2017 general election and subsequently ran in his
former Oita 3rd district seat. He was defeated by the incumbent
Takeshi Iwaya by a majority of 15,279 votes, but was elected in the
proportional representation block.
4, 1943) is a Japanese actor and politician of the Constitutional
Democratic Party of Japan (CDP), a member of the House of
Representatives in the National Diet (national legislature).A native
of Usa, ÅŒita and graduate of the University of Kitakyushu, he was
elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 as
an independent. He later joined the Social Democratic Party and then
Democratic Party of Japan. In 2011, he assumed the office of Senior
Vice-Minister of the Environment. After General Election 2012, which
he lost the seat, he announced his retirement from politics and return
to the entertainment industry. Shin Godzilla in which he played the
role of Minister of the Environment is one of the most major movies
after his return.He made a comeback to politics in 2017. He joined the
CDP prior to the 2017 general election and subsequently ran in his
former Oita 3rd district seat. He was defeated by the incumbent
Takeshi Iwaya by a majority of 15,279 votes, but was elected in the
proportional representation block.
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