Kenichiro Ueno (上野 賢一郎, Ueno Kenichirō, born August 3, 1965)

Kenichiro Ueno

is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Nagahama, Shiga and graduate of Kyoto University, he joined the Ministry of Home Affairs (now part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) in 1990. After an unsuccessful run 2003, he was elected for the first time in 2005. In 2010, he ran for governor of Shiga, but lost to incumbent Yukiko Kada.

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House of Representatives of Japan Preceded byTatsuo Kawabata Member of the House of Representativesfrom Shiga 1st district 2005–2009 Succeeded byTatsuo Kawabata Preceded byIssei Tajima Member of the House of Representativesfrom Shiga 2nd district 2012–present Incumbent