Takahiro Yokomichi

Takahiro Yokomichi (横路 孝弘, Yokomichi Takahiro, born January 3, 1941) is a Japanese politician who belongs to the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and was a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Sapporo, Hokkaidō and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the first of his five terms in the House of Representatives in 1969 as a member of the Japan Socialist Party in the electoral district of his late father Setsuo. He left the House of Representatives and was elected to be the governor of Hokkaidō. He served for three terms from 1983 to 1995. After finishing his term as governor, he left the Socialist Party, joining the DPJ. In 1996 he was re-elected to the House of Representatives. He is the leader of the most left-leaning faction in the DPJ. After the victory of 2009 elections, then-DPJ President Yukio Hatoyama named him as the next house speaker of the House of Representatives.

Takahiro Yokomichi
横路 孝弘
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan
In office
16 September 2009  16 November 2012
Prime MinisterYukio Hatoyama
Naoto Kan
Yoshihiko Noda
DeputySeishirō Etō
Preceded byYōhei Kōno
Succeeded byBunmei Ibuki
Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan
In office
21 September 2005  21 July 2009
SpeakerYōhei Kōno
Preceded byKansei Nakano
Succeeded bySeishirō Etō
Governor of Hokkaido
In office
23 April 1983  22 April 1995
Preceded byNaohiro Dōgakinai
Succeeded byTatsuya Hori
Member of the House of Representatives from Hokkaido
In office
7 November 1996  28 September 2017
Succeeded byDaiki Michishita
ConstituencyHokkaido-1st (1996–2012, 2014–2017)
Hokkaido PR (2012–2014)
In office
27 December 1969  23 April 1983
ConstituencyHokkaido-1st
Personal details
Born (1941-01-03) 3 January 1941
Sapporo, Japan
Other political
affiliations
  • DP (2016-2017
  • DPJ (1996–2016, merger)
  • Independent (1983–1996)
  • JSP (1969–1983)
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo
WebsiteOfficial website

In the 2012 general election Yokomichi lost his single-seat electorate but retained a seat in the Diet through the proportional representation system.[1] He managed to regain his seat in the 2014 election and held it until he retired in 2017.

References

House of Representatives of Japan
New district Representative for Hokkaidō 1st district (single-member)
1996–2012
Succeeded by
Toshimitsu Funahashi
Preceded by
Eight representatives elected by proportional representation
One of eight representatives for Hokkaidō proportional representation block (PR)
2012–2014
Succeeded by
Eight representatives elected by proportional representation
Preceded by
Tohsimitsu Funahashi
Representative for Hokkaidō 1st district (single-member)
2014–present
Incumbent
Preceded by
vacancy created by Setsuo Yokomichi
Torazō Shimamoto
...
Representative for Hokkaidō 1st district
1969–1983
Served alongside: Usaburō Chisaki III, Noboru Minowa, ....
Succeeded by
Nobutaka Machimura
...
Preceded by
Yōhei Kōno
President of the House of Representatives
2009–2012
Succeeded by
Bunmei Ibuki
Preceded by
Kansei Nakano
Vice-President of the House of Representatives
2005–2009
Succeeded by
Seishirō Etō
Political offices
Preceded by
Naohiro Dōgakinai
Governor of Hokkaido
1983–1995
Succeeded by
Tatsuya Hori


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