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Yuichiro Ito (Japanese伊藤 佑 一郎, Yuichiro Ito, born November 17, 1947 in Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture ) is a Japanese non-party politician and since 2004 the Governor of Kagoshima.
Life
Itō was. Following his graduation from the Faculty of Law of the University of Tokyo official in the then Ministry of the Interior, then in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, where he rose 2001 and again in 2004 to the Deputy State Secretary / Deputy Minister ( daijin - Kambo - shingikan ) From 2003 to 2004 he headed the Ministry connected " Academy of local self-government" ( jichi - daigakkō ). In February 2004, Itō left the Ministry in order to apply for the successor of Governor Suga Tatsuro, who decided not to run with 79 years for a third term.
In the gubernatorial election in Kagoshima on 11 July 2004, Itō was able to beat Koji Mizoguchi, a former Member of Parliament Prefecture, and two severed candidates. In 2008 he was re-elected with a low turnout of 39% with only a CPY -based counter- candidate and the support of all the other parties in Parliament Prefecture (LDP, PDJ, Kōmeitō SDP). Ito's current second term ends in July 2012. During the gubernatorial election on July 8, 2012, he was clearly confirmed against a CPY - based anti -nuclear protesters for a third term.
During his time as governor Kagoshima increased according to the classification of the Interior Ministry from the group of financially vulnerable prefectures in the second-weakest group ( " financial strength index " zaiseiryoku Shisu: 2004: 0,263; 2007: 0,308 ). He wants to restructure including the prefectural budget and take advantage of the geographical proximity of Kagoshima to China to promote the economy of the prefecture.