Kansei Nakano

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 currently represents the Osaka 8 electoral district.

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.

External links

• www.nakanokansei.com (Japanese)

References

• www.nakanokansei.com
• 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–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Yoshito Sengoku	Minister of State for the Abduction Issue 2011–present
Preceded by Renhō (Murata)	Minister of State for Civil Service Reform 2011–present
House of Representatives of Japan
New district	Representative for Ōsaka 8th district 1996–2005 2009–present	Succeeded by Takashi Ōtsuka
Preceded by Takashi Ōtsuka		Incumbent
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
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

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Name	Nakano, Kansei
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Date of birth	1940
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