Shigeyuki Goto

Shigeyuki Goto (後藤 茂之, Gotō Shigeyuki, born December 9, 1955) is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives.

Shigeyuki Goto
後藤 茂之
Official portrait, 2016
Minister of Economic Revitalization
In office 25 October 2022 – 13 September 2023
Prime Minister	Fumio Kishida
Preceded by	Daishiro Yamagiwa
Succeeded by	Yoshitaka Shindō
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
In office 4 October 2021 – 10 August 2022
Prime Minister	Fumio Kishida
Preceded by	Norihisa Tamura
Succeeded by	Katsunobu Katō
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 December 2012
Preceded by	Kōji Yazaki
Constituency	Nagano 4th
In office 25 June 2000 – 21 July 2009
Preceded by	Hajime Ogawa
Succeeded by	Kōji Yazaki
Constituency	Nagano 4th
Personal details
Born	(1955-12-09) 9 December 1955 Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Political party	LDP (2003–present)
Other political affiliations	NFP (1996–1997) DPJ (1998–2003)
Alma mater	University of Tokyo Brown University

A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he was selected to become Economic Revitalization Minister in October 2022 upon the cabinet resignation of Daishiro Yamagiwa. Goto previously served as Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare from October 2021 to August 2022.

Career

A native of Minato, Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Finance in 1980. He also received a master's degree from Brown University as a bureaucrat. After he left the ministry in 1995, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives as a member of the New Frontier Party. He ran again in 2000 as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan and was elected for the first time.

References

• 政治家情報 〜後藤 茂之〜. JANJAN ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-10-20.

External links

• Official website in Japanese.