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Kansei Nakano

Japanese politician (born 1940)

中野寛成

Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission of JapanIn office
14 January 2011 – 2 September 2011Preceded byTomiko OkazakiSucceeded byKenji YamaokaVice Speaker of the House of Representatives of JapanIn office
19 November 2003 – 8 August 2005Preceded byKōzō WatanabeSucceeded byTakahiro YokomichiMember of the House of Representatives
for Osaka 8th DistrictIn office
5 December 1976 – 16 December 2012Succeeded byTomohiko Kinoshita Personal detailsBorn (1940-11-26) November 26, 1940 (age 83)
Nagasaki, JapanPolitical partyDemocratic Party of JapanAlma materKansai University

Kansei Nakano (中野寛成, Nakano Kansei, born November 26, 1940) is a Japanese politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party of Japan and the Vice-Speaker of the Lower House of the Diet.

Nakano was born in 1940 in Nagasaki. At age four, he experienced the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. In 1963, he graduated from the Law Department of Kansai University.

Beginning his time at university in 1960, Nakano joined the Democratic Socialist Party. After being elected three times to the Toyonaka city council, he was elected to the Diet in 1976.

In 1994, Nakano joined the New Frontier Party and served as Chair of the Policy Inquiry Commission. Upon the collapse of the party, Nakano formed the New Fraternity Party, which eventually merged with other liberal parties to form the Democratic Party of Japan. He represented the Osaka 8 electoral district until 2012, when he lost to Nippon Ishin no Kai candidate Tomohiko Kinoshita.

Note: As part of Diet custom, the Speaker and Vice-Speaker of the House must formally secede from their party. For this reason, Nakano is sometimes referred to as an independent in official Diet information. In practice he remains a member of the DPJ.

References

Imidas 2005 Japanese Almanac ISBN 4-08-100019-0
Japanese Politics Central at the University of Virginia

Political offices
Preceded by Tomiko Okazaki	Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission 2011	Succeeded by Kenji Yamaoka
Preceded by Yoshito Sengoku	Minister of State for the Abduction Issue 2011	Succeeded by Kenji Yamaoka
Preceded by Renhō (Murata)	Minister of State for Civil Service Reform 2011	Succeeded by Renhō (Murata)
House of Representatives (Japan)
New district	Representative for Ōsaka 8th district 1996–2005 2009–2012	Succeeded by Takashi Ōtsuka
Preceded by Takashi Ōtsuka		Succeeded by Tomohiko Kinoshita
Preceded by MMC	Representative for Ōsaka 3rd district (multi-member) 1976–1996 Served alongside: Osamu Fujimura, Mikio Ōmi, Issei Inoue, Ken Harada, others	District eliminated
Preceded by Kozo Watanabe	Vice-Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan 2003–2005	Succeeded by Takahiro Yokomichi
Preceded by Sadao Ioku	Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee of House of Representatives of Japan 2000–2001	Succeeded by Ryuichi Doi
Party political offices
Preceded by Naoto Kan	Secretary General of the Democratic Party 2002	Succeeded by Katsuya Okada
Preceded by Eisei Itō	Policy Affairs Chief of the Democratic Party 1999	Succeeded by Naoto Kan
New political party	President of New Fraternity Party 1998	merged into Democratic Party
Preceded by Takeo Nishioka	Diet Affairs Chief of the New Frontier Party 1997	dissolved