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Yoshiya Kakimoto

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Yoshiya Kakimoto
柿本善也
Governor of Nara Prefecture
In office
28 November 1991 – 2 May 2007
Preceded byShigeki Ueda
Succeeded byShogo Arai
Personal details
Born (1938-02-07) 7 February 1938 (age 86)
Yamatotakada, Nara, Japan
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo

Yoshiya Kakimoto is a Japanese politician. An independent, he served as the governor of Nara Prefecture from 1991 to 2007.

Prior to his career in electoral politics, Kakimoto was employed as director of the administrative affairs bureau in the Ministry of Home Affairs.[1] In April 1990, he became the Vice Governor of Nara Prefecture, and would ascend to the governorship in 1991, when Shigeki Ueda resigned from the office.

In 2009, he was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun.[2]

References

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  1. ^ 官庁報告 文教『官報 号外 第61号』
  2. ^ "平成21年春の叙勲 旭日大綬章受章者" (PDF). 内閣府. 29 April 2009. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2023.