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Hiroshi Nakada (中田 宏, Nakada Hiroshi, born September 20, 1964) is the former mayor of Yokohama, Kanagawa in Japan. A graduate of Aoyama Gakuin University, he served at the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management before working in the House of Councillors in the Diet.
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He was first elected mayor of Yokohama in April 2002 after serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) for three terms since July 1993. He was re-elected in 2006.
He has been compared to Carlos Ghosn, the visionary CEO of Nissan, whose Revival Plan he emulated and enticed the corporation to relocate to the city with [1].
He is longlisted for the 2008 World Mayor award.[1]
Political career
- 1993-1996: first term in House of Representatives
- 1996-2000: second term in House of Representatives
- 2000-2002: third term in House of Representatives
- 2002-2006: first term as Mayor of Yokohama
- 2006-2010: second term as Mayor of Yokohama
See also
edit- Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD-IV), 2008.
References
edit- 政治家情報 〜中田 宏〜. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-12-10.
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