Hōdō Nakamura
中村 法道
Governor of Nagasaki Prefecture
In office
2 March 2010  1 March 2022
Preceded byGenjirō Kaneko
Succeeded byKengo Oishi
Personal details
Born (1950-11-29) 29 November 1950
Arie, Nagasaki, Japan
Political partyIndependent
Alma materNagasaki University

Hōdō Nakamura (中村 法道, Nakamura Hōdō, born 29 November 1950) is a Japanese politician and a former governor of Nagasaki Prefecture located in the Kyushu region of Japan. He was re-elected for another four-year term as governor in both 2014 and 2018.[1][2] Nakamura ran for a fourth term in 2022, but lost the elections.[3]

Anti-nuclear

Governor Nakamura together with Nagasaki City mayor Tomihisa Taue filed a protest against the first U.S. nuclear test under President Barack Obama.[4]

References

  1. Nagasaki Gov. Nakamura wins re-election, Japan Times, February 2, 2014.
  2. , Japan Times, February 4, 2018.
  3. "Incumbent defeated in Nagasaki governor election". The Japan Times. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  4. US Nuclear Test Under Fire In Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Weekly Voice, October 17, 2010.


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