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Tetsuji Nakamura

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Tetsuji Nakamura
中村 哲治
Official portrait, 2009
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
2007–2012
Preceded byShōgo Arai
Succeeded byIwao Horii
ConstituencyNara at-large
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
2000–2005
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded bySanae Takaichi
ConstituencyKinki PR (2000–2003)
Nara 2nd (2003–2005)
Personal details
Born (1971-07-24) 24 July 1971 (age 53)
Ikoma, Nara, Japan
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
DPJ
PLF
TPJ
LP
DP
Alma materKyoto University

Tetsuji Nakamura (中村 哲治, Nakamura Tetsuji, born 1971) is a former Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, who served as a member of the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).

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A native of Ikoma, Nara and graduate of Kyoto University, he was a member of the House of Representatives for the Nara 2nd district, but lost re-election in 2005. He was elected to the House of Councillors for the Nara at-large district in 2007. In 2012 Nakamura resigned to attempt to retake his seat in the 2nd district in the 2012 Japanese general election but he was unsuccessful.

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