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Toru Kikawada

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Toru Kikawada
黄川田 徹
Official portrait, 2012
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
25 June 2000 – 28 September 2017
Preceded byYōhei Sasaki
Succeeded byIchirō Ozawa
ConstituencyIwate 3rd
Member of the Iwate Prefectural Assembly
In office
1995–2000
ConstituencyRikuzentakata City
Personal details
Born (1953-10-14) 14 October 1953 (age 71)
Kesen, Iwate, Japan
Political partyCDP (since 2019)
Other political
affiliations
NFP (1994–1998)
LP (1998–2003)
DPJ (2003–2016)
DP (2016–2018)
DPP (2018–2019)
Alma materWaseda University

Toru Kikawada (黄川田 徹, Kikawada Tōru, born October 14, 1953) is a former Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Rikuzentakata, Iwate and graduate of Waseda University, he worked at the city government of Rikuzentakata from 1977 to 1994. After having served in the Iwate Prefectural Assembly for two terms since 1995, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 as a member of Ichirō Ozawa's Liberal Party, which merged with the DPJ in 2003.

References

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  • 政治家情報 〜黄川田 徹〜. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-20. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
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