Seiji Hagiwara

Seiji Hagiwara
Seiji Hagiwara
萩原誠司
4th Mayor of Mimasaka
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 30 March 2014
Preceded by	Masao Michiue
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 11 September 2005 – 21 July 2009
Preceded by	Kazuoi Nose
Succeeded by	Hiroki Hanasaki
31st and 32nd Mayor of Okayama City
	In office; 10 February 1999 – 25 August 2005
Preceded by	Keisuke Ataka
Succeeded by	Shigeo Takatani
Personal details
Born	28 April 1956 (age 68); Nishiawakura, Aida District, ; Okayama Prefecture

Seiji Hagiwara (萩原誠司, Hagiwara Seiji, born April 28, 1956) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) representing the Second District of Okayama Prefecture. A native of Nishiawakura, Okayama and graduate of the University of Tokyo he joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1980, attending Princeton University in the United States while in the ministry. At age 37, he was the deputy director in MITI's Industrial Policy Bureau.^[1] After leaving the ministry in 1998, he was elected for mayor of Okayama, Okayama in 1999, serving for two terms. In 2005 he was elected to House of Representatives for the first time. He represents the 2nd District of Okayama Prefecture, which includes the city of Okayama.

References

^ Sterngold, James (1994-04-10). "The Men Who Really Run Fortress Japan". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-12-23.

政治家情報〜萩原誠司〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2007-10-11.

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