Ichita Yamamoto
Ichita Yamamoto | |
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山本一太 | |
Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Governor of Gunma Prefecture | |
| Assumed office 28 July 2019 | |
| Monarch | Naruhito |
| Preceded by | Masaaki Ōsawa |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
| In office 27 July 1995 – 4 July 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Tomio Yamamoto |
| Succeeded by | Masato Shimizu |
| Constituency | Gunma at-large |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 January 1958 Kusatsu, Gunma, Japan |
| Political party | Independent (since 2019) |
| Other political affiliations | LDP (1995–2019) |
| Alma mater | Chuo University Georgetown University |
Ichita Yamamoto (山本 一太, Yamamoto Ichita, born 24 January 1958 in Kusatsu, Gunma) is a Japanese politician who has been the governor of Gunma Prefecture since July 2019. He was a neoconservative member of the House of Councillors in Japan. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he served as the Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs from 2012 to 2019 on the second Abe cabinet.