Shōgo Arai (荒井 正吾, Arai Shōgo, born 18 January 1945 in Yao, Osaka) is a Japanese politician and a former governor of Nara Prefecture in Japan, first elected in 2007. A graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Transport, attending Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs Syracuse University as a ministry official. Leaving the ministry in 2001, he was elected to the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan (national legislature) for the first time in the same year.
Shōgo Arai | |
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荒井 正吾 | |
Governor of Nara Prefecture | |
In office 3 May 2007 – 2 May 2023 | |
Preceded by | Yoshiya Kakimoto |
Succeeded by | Makoto Yamashita |
Member of the House of Councillors from Nara | |
In office 29 July 2001 – 9 March 2007 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Yao, Osaka, Japan | 18 January 1945
Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
References
edit- 政治家情報 〜荒井 正吾〜. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 29 July 2007. Retrieved 8 December 2007.
External links
edit- Official website Archived 6 November 2019 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)