Kazuhiro Haraguchi

Kazuhiro Haraguchi 原口 一博
Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications
In office 16 September 2009 – 17 September 2010
Prime Minister	Yukio Hatoyama Naoto Kan
Preceded by	Tsutomu Sato
Succeeded by	Yoshihiro Katayama
Personal details
Born	2 July 1959 (1959-07-02) Saga, Japan
Political party	Democratic Party (1998–present)
Other political affiliations	Liberal Democratic Party (Before 1993) Independent (1993–1996) New Frontier Party (1996–1998)
Alma mater	University of Tokyo

Kazuhiro Haraguchi (原口 一博, Haraguchi Kazuhiro, born July 2, 1959) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Saga, Saga and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the assembly of Saga Prefecture (District #1) for the first time in 1987 as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, serving there for two times. In 1996 he was elected to the House of Representatives from Saga's 1st district for the first time as a member of the New Frontier Party (Shinshinto) after running unsuccessfully in 1993 as an independent. He switched to the DPJ in 1998. He was Minister of Internal Affairs from 2009 to 2010, in the Yukio Hatoyama and Naoto Kan's Cabinets.

Haraguchi studied Psychology at the University of Tokyo and attended the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management. He often appears on television in which he discusses tax, pension, and decentralization issues.

References

• "政治家情報 〜原口 一博〜" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/diet/profile/0008/00008322.html. Retrieved 2007-10-11. 

External links

• Official website in Japanese.

House of Representatives of Japan
Preceded by New district Takanori Sakai Takamaro Fukuoka	Representative for Saga's 1st district 1996–2000 2003–2005 2009–present	Succeeded by Takanori Sakai Takamaro Fukuoka Incumbent
Preceded by N/A	Representative for the Kyūshū proportional representation block 2000–2003 2005–2009	Succeeded by N/A
Political offices
Preceded by Tsutomu Sato	Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications 2009–2010	Succeeded by Yoshihiro Katayama
New office	Minister of State for Promotion of Local Sovereignty 2009–2010