Iwate Prefectural Assembly

The Iwate Prefectural Assembly (岩手県議会, Iwate-ken Gikai) is the prefectural parliament of Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

Iwate Prefectural Assembly

岩手県議会

Iwate-ken Gikai
Type
Type
History
Founded1878 (1878)
1947 (1947) (current local autonomy law)
Leadership
President (gichō)
Hiroshi Sasaki (佐々木博, Sasaki Hiroshi)[1], Democratic Party
since September 2011
Vice President (fuku-gichō)
Iwami Yanagimura (柳村岩見, Yanagimura Iwami)[1], Liberal Democratic Party
since September 2011
Seats48 assembly members
Website
www.pref.iwate.jp/~hp0731/

Its 48 members are elected every four years in 16 districts by single non-transferable vote.

The assembly is responsible for enacting and amending prefectural ordinances, approving the budget and voting on important administrative appointments made by the governor including the vice governors.

Iwate is one of three prefectures whose assemblies are currently led by the DJP majority. The others are the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly and the Mie Prefectural Assembly.

Members
As of 20 September 2019:[2]
ConstituencyMembersParty
MoriokaJunko ChibaIwate Kenmin Club
MoriokaYoshinori KaruishiKibō Iwate
MoriokaMasanobu KobayashiKomeito
MoriokaKazuko KonishiSocial Democratic Party
MoriokaShin SaitōJapanese Communist Party 
MoriokaKōsuke TakahashiLDP
MoriokaTajima TakahashiIwate Shinseikai
MoriokaYasuki UeharaIndependent
MoriokaHiromasa YonaiLDP
MoriokaKeiko YoshidaIwate Shinseikai
MiyakoSeishi ItōKibō Iwate
MiyakoYoshihiko JōnaiLDP
MiyakoNobukazu SasakiLDP
ŌfunatoSakari ChibaIwate Shinseikai
HanamakiShinkō KawamuraLDP
HanamakiYukihiro KimuraSocial Democratic Party
HanamakiShin NasukawaKibō Iwate
HanamakiJun'ichi SasakiKibō Iwate
KitakamiKeiko SatōKibō Iwate
KitakamiToshinobu SekineKibō Iwate
KitakamiHajime TakahashiKibō Iwate
KitakamiYasuyuki TakahashiLDP
KujiGen IwakiKibō Iwate
KujiHitoshi NakataiIwate Shinseikai
TōnoKatsuko KudōIndependent
IchinosekiTadashi IizawaIwate Kenmin Club
IchinosekiMakoto IwabuchiKibō Iwate
IchinosekiHiroyuki KanzakiLDP
IchinosekiTomokazu SasakiIwate Shinseikai
IchinosekiIchirō TakadaJapanese Communist Party
RikuzentakataShigemitsu SasakiLDP
KamaishiTomokazu IwasakiLDP
KamaishiKyō OnoIwate Shinseikai
NinoheŌ ItsukaichiKibō Iwate
NinoheFumitomo MatsukuraLDP
HachimantaiTsutō ChibaLDP
HachimantaiKatsuhiro KudōIwate Kenmin Club
ŌshūHideyuki ChibaKibō Iwate
ŌshūMitsuko ChidaJapanese Communist Party
ŌshūHiroshi GōkonKibō Iwate
ŌshūHironori KannoKibō Iwate
ŌshūTsutomu SasakiIwate Kenmin Club
TakizawaHuxel MihokoIwate Kenmin Club
TakizawaSatoru TakedaLDP
TakizawaMakoto YanagimuraKibō Iwate
ShiwaKatsunori TamuraIwate Shinseikai
ShiwaTsutomu UsuzawaLDP
KunoheDaisuke KudōIwate Shinseikai

References
  1. 議員名簿
  2. Member List at Official Site
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