Masanori Tanimoto (谷本 正憲, Tanimoto Masanori, born 16 April 1945) is a Japanese politician who was the governor of Ishikawa Prefecture between 1994 and 2022. After his first election, in 1994, he was reelected 6 times. In 2018 he won his seventh term of office.[1]
Masanori Tanimoto | |
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谷本 正憲 | |
Governor of Ishikawa Prefecture | |
In office 27 March 1994 – 28 March 2022 | |
Preceded by | Yōichi Nakanishi |
Succeeded by | Hiroshi Hase |
Personal details | |
Born | Nishiwaki, Hyōgo, Japan | 16 April 1945
Alma mater | Kyoto University |
See also
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edit- ^ "Masanori Tanimoto rolls to seventh term in Ishikawa gubernatorial election, becoming Japan's longest-serving governor". Japan Times. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
External links
edit- Archived 2020-10-29 at the Wayback Machine