Yoshiya Kakimoto is a Japanese politician. An independent, he served as the governor of Nara Prefecture from 1991 to 2007.
Yoshiya Kakimoto | |
|---|---|
柿本善也 | |
| Governor of Nara Prefecture | |
| In office 28 November 1991 – 2 May 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Shigeki Ueda |
| Succeeded by | Shogo Arai |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 February 1938 Yamatotakada, Nara, Japan |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
Prior to his career in electoral politics, Kakimoto was employed as director of the administrative affairs bureau in the Ministry of Home Affairs.[1] In April 1990, he became the Vice Governor of Nara Prefecture, and would ascend to the governorship in 1991, when Shigeki Ueda resigned from the office.
In 2009, he was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun.[2]
References
edit- ^ 官庁報告 文教『官報 号外 第61号』
- ^ "平成21年春の叙勲 旭日大綬章受章者" (PDF). 内閣府. 29 April 2009. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
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