Goro Yoshimura (吉村 午良, Yoshimura Gorou) (born February 13, 1926) was a Japanese politician, and the former governor of Nagano Prefecture, in central Japan. Yoshimura was a graduate of the law faculty at the University of Tokyo.[4] Upon graduation, he worked in the Nagano Prefectural Government Office.[5] In 1971, he became deputy governor,[6] and was elevated to governor in 1980 when the governor at the time, Gon'ichirō Nishizawa, suffered a cerebral hemorrhage. Yoshimura served five full 4-year terms, until October 26, 2000.[7] Yoshimura retired from politics in 2000.
Goro Yoshimura | |
|---|---|
吉村 午良 | |
| Governor of Nagano Prefecture[2] | |
| In office October 26, 1980[1] – October 25, 2000[3] | |
| Preceded by | Gon'ichirō Nishizawa |
| Succeeded by | Yasuo Tanaka |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 13, 1926 Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan |
| Died | May, 2007 Nagano, Nagano |
| Alma mater | Tokyo University |
Yoshimura served as one of the four Vice Presidents of the Nagano Olympic Organizing Committee from 1991 and the Nagano Paralympic Organizing Committee President, when the committees was founded, until its final meetings in February 1999.[8] At the June 15, 1991 97th IOC session in Birmingham, United Kingdom, Yoshimura was part of the Nagano Olympic Bid committee, where he spoke followed by Hironoshin Furuhashi, president of the Japanese Olympic Committee.[9] In 1998, Yoshimura received the Silver Badge of the Olympic Order.[10]
Gubernatorial elections
edit| Gubernatorial Candidate, 26 October 1980[11] | Vote |
|---|---|
| Goro Yoshimura | 586,304 |
| Yoneo Mizuguchi | 367,450 |
| Gubernatorial Candidate, 21 October 1984[12] | Vote |
|---|---|
| Goro Yoshimura | 772,850 |
| Fumio Matsumura | 151,843 |
| Gubernatorial Candidate, 16 October 1988[13] | Vote |
|---|---|
| Goro Yoshimura | 799,050 |
| Fumio Matsumura | 180,890 |
| Gubernatorial Candidate, 18 October 1992[14] | Vote |
|---|---|
| Goro Yoshimura | 736,038 |
| Natsuo Kataoka | 132,749 |
| Gubernatorial Candidate, 20 October 1996[15] | Vote |
|---|---|
| Goro Yoshimura | 905,272 |
| Tomoki Nakako Kataoka | 219,842 |
| Shigeo Kusuma | 42,378 |
References
edit- ^ "長野県の歴代知事 (trans. Governors of Nagano)". Nagano Prefecture. Nagano Prefecture. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ "長野県の歴代知事 (trans. Governors of Nagano)". Nagano Prefecture. Nagano Prefecture. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ "歴代長野市長 (trans. Mayors of Nagano City)". Nagano City. Nagano City Official Website. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ Yawata, Kazuo. "困った変人知事と知事選挙をめぐる珍事の数々[Transl.: The troubled governors...]". Agora. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ Yawata, Kazuo. "困った変人知事と知事選挙をめぐる珍事の数々[Transl.: The troubled governors...]". Agora. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ Yawata, Kazuo. "困った変人知事と知事選挙をめぐる珍事の数々[Transl.: The troubled governors...]". Agora. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "歴代長野市長 (trans. Mayors of Nagano City)". Nagano City. Nagano City Official Website. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ Hanazawa 1999, p. 46
- ^ Hanazawa 1999, p. 34
- ^ "JOCについて、オリンピック・オーダー [Transl.: About the JOC, the Olympic Order]". Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ "長野県・県知事選 [Nagano Prefecture Gubernatorial Elections". 政治データのブログ. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ "長野県・県知事選 [Nagano Prefecture Gubernatorial Elections". 政治データのブログ. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ "長野県・県知事選 [Nagano Prefecture Gubernatorial Elections". 政治データのブログ. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ "長野県・県知事選 [Nagano Prefecture Gubernatorial Elections". 政治データのブログ. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ "長野県・県知事選 [Nagano Prefecture Gubernatorial Elections". 政治データのブログ. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
Hanazawa, Nahomi (1999). The Shinano Mainichi Shimbun (ed.). Official Report of the 1998 Winter Olympic Games, Vol. 1: Planning and Support (PDF). Translated by Norman Kong. Nagano (Japan): NAOC. p. 319. ISBN 4784098259.