About Yūichirō Itō
Born 1947. Yūichirō Itō is a Japanese politician and bureaucrat.
is a Japanese politician and former governor of Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan. A native of Izumi, Kagoshima and graduate of the University of Tokyo with the Bachelor of Laws in June 1971, he had worked at the Ministry of Home Affairs since 1972 before elected governor.
He served three terms as governor from 2004 until 2016. In July 2016 he sought a fourth term but was defeated by Satoshi Mitazono.
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Japanese politician
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Yūichirō Itō was born on 17 November 1947 in Izumi.
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