Kenichi Mizuno
Japanese politician
Kenichi Mizuno (水野 賢一, Mizuno Ken'ichi; born 21 July 1966) is a former Japanese politician of Your Party, formerly of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Councillors and the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Tokyo and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1999 after an unsuccessful run in 1996.
He ran in House of Councillors election in 2010 as a candidate of Your Party and won.
References
政治家情報 〜水野 賢一〜. www.senkyo.janjan.jp ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 3 December 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2007.
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