Mitsunori Okamoto

Mitsunori Okamoto
Mitsunori Okamoto
岡本充功
	Okamoto in 2011
Member of the House of Representatives
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 29 October 2024
Preceded by	Yasumasa Nagasaka
Constituency	Aichi 9th
	In office; 19 December 2014 – 14 October 2021
Constituency	Tōkai PR
	In office; 9 November 2003 – 16 November 2012
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Yasumasa Nagasaka
Constituency	Tōkai PR (2003–2009); Aichi 9th (2009–2012)
Personal details
Born	18 June 1971 (age 53); Yōkaichi, Shiga, Japan
Political party	CDP
Other political; affiliations	DPJ; DP; Kibō no Tō; DPP
Alma mater	Nagoya University

Mitsunori Okamoto (岡本充功, Okamoto Mitsunori, born June 18, 1971) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party, who is a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Yōkaichi, Shiga and graduate of Nagoya University, he obtained his medical license in 1996 and received his Ph.D in medicine from Nagoya University. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003. He was defeated in the 2005 election. He ran again to the House of Representatives in 2009 in the 9th district of Aichi defeating Prime Minister from 1989 to 1991, Toshiki Kaifu in a stunning upset.

After losing his seat and being in 6th of 5 elected candidates for the CDP in the Tōkai proportional representation block during the 2021 election, he won a constituency in 2024, defeating Yasumasa Nagasaka in Aichi 9th district.

References

政治家情報〜岡本充功〜 [Politician Information ~Mitsunori Okamoto~]. senkyo.janjan.jp (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2007-10-20.

External links

Official website in Japanese.

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