Hitoshi Goto

Hitoshi Gotō
後藤 斎
Goto in 2020
Governor of Yamanashi Prefecture
In office 17 February 2015 – 16 February 2019
Preceded by	Shōmei Yokouchi
Succeeded by	Kotaro Nagasaki
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 11 September 2005 – 11 November 2014
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Southern Kanto PR (2005–2009) Yamanashi 3rd (2009–2014)
In office 25 June 2000 – 10 October 2003
Constituency	Southern Kanto PR
Personal details
Born	(1957-07-22) 22 July 1957 Kōfu, Yamanashi, Japan
Political party	Japan Innovation
Other political affiliations	New Frontier Democratic
Alma mater	Tohoku University

Hitoshi Goto (後藤 斎, Gotō Hitoshi, born 22 July 1957) is a former Japanese politician who served as the governor of Yamanashi Prefecture. He was formerly a Democratic Party member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). He resigned from the Democratic Party and the Diet in November 2014 so that he could contest the January 2015 Yamanashi Gubernatorial election as an independent. A native of Kōfu and graduate of Tohoku University with a Bachelor of Economics, he worked at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from 1980 to 1995.

References

• 政治家情報 〜後藤 斎〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 20 October 2007.