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Seiichiro Murakami

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Seiichiro Murakami
村上 誠一郎
Official portrait, 2024
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
Assumed office
1 October 2024
Prime MinisterShigeru Ishiba
Preceded byTakeaki Matsumoto
Minister for Administrative Reform
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
In office
27 September 2004 – 31 October 2005
Prime MinisterJunichiro Koizumi
Preceded byKazuyoshi Kaneko
Succeeded byKōki Chūma
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
6 July 1986
ConstituencyOld Ehime 2nd (1986–1996)
New Ehime 2nd (1996–2024)
Shikoku PR (2024–present)
Personal details
Born (1952-05-11) 11 May 1952 (age 72)
Ochi, Ehime, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Alma materTokyo University

Seiichiro Murakami (村上 誠一郎, Murakami Seiichirō, born May 11, 1952) is a Japanese politician. He was the Minister of State for Regulatory Reform, the Minister of State for Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan, the Minister of State for Administrative Reform, the Minister of State for Special Zones for Structural Reform and the Minister of State for Regional Revitalization in Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Cabinet.

He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Law from Tokyo University, and was first elected in 1986 to the House of Representatives in Ehime Prefecture.

Election history

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Election Age District Political party Number of votes election results
1983 Japanese general election 31 Ehime 2nd district Independent 51,423 lost
1986 Japanese general election 34 Ehime 2nd district LDP 79,171 winning
1990 Japanese general election 37 Ehime 2nd district LDP 64,084 winning
1993 Japanese general election 41 Ehime 2nd district LDP 72,924 winning
1996 Japanese general election 44 Ehime 2nd district LDP 118,966 winning
2000 Japanese general election 48 Ehime 2nd district LDP 113,616 winning
2003 Japanese general election 51 Ehime 2nd district LDP 99,208 winning
2005 Japanese general election 53 Ehime 2nd district LDP 115,297 winning
2009 Japanese general election 57 Ehime 2nd district LDP 94,843 winning
2012 Japanese general election 60 Ehime 2nd district LDP 77,078 winning
2014 Japanese general election 62 Ehime 2nd district LDP 57,168 winning
2017 Japanese general election 65 Ehime 2nd district LDP 62,516 winning
2021 Japanese general election 69 Ehime 2nd district LDP 72,861 winning
2024 Japanese general election 72 Shikoku proportional representation block LDP −− winning
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Preceded by Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
2024–present
Incumbent