Yōsuke Kondō
Yōsuke Kondō | |
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近藤 洋介 | |
Official portrait, 2009 | |
| Mayor of Yonezawa | |
| Assumed office 22 December 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Masaru Nakagawa |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 9 November 2003 – 28 September 2017 | |
| Constituency | Tohoku PR (2003–2009; 2012–2017) Yamagata 2nd (2009–2012) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 May 1965 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Independent (since 2018) |
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| Alma mater | Keio University |
| Website | 近藤洋介オフィシャルウェブサイト |
Yōsuke Kondō (近藤 洋介, Kondō Yōsuke; born May 19, 1965) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). Kondō, the son of former Minister of Labor Tetsuo Kondo, was born in Washington, D.C., but grew up in Yamagata Prefecture. A graduate of Keio University, he joined the national newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun in 1988, which he left in 1999. He was elected for the first time in 2003 after an unsuccessful run in 2000.
On 15 December 2022, he announced that he would run for the mayorship of Yonezawa. He was elected to a four-year term of office beginning December 22, 2023.