Kiyoshi Ueda

Kiyoshi Ueda
上田 清司
Ueda in 2018
Member of the House of Councillors
Assumed office
28 October 2019
Preceded byMotohiro Ōno
ConstituencySaitama at-large district
Governor of Saitama Prefecture
In office
1 September 2003 – 30 August 2019
Preceded byYoshihiko Tsuchiya
Succeeded byMotohiro Ōno
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
19 July 1993 – 13 August 2003
ConstituencySaitama 5th
(1993-1996)
Saitama 4th
(1996-2003)
Personal details
Born (1948-05-15) May 15, 1948 (age 76)
Fukuoka, Japan
Political partyIndependent
(2003-present)
Other political
affiliations
New Liberal Club
(1980-1986)
Liberal Democratic
(1986-1993)
Japan Renewal
(1993-1994)
New Frontier
(1994-1997)
From Five
(1997-1998)
Good Governance
(1998)
Democratic
(1998-2003)
Alma materHosei University (B.L.)
Waseda University
(Master's degree in Political Science)

Kiyoshi Ueda (上田 清司, Ueda Kiyoshi, born May 15, 1948) is a Japanese politician currently serving as a member of the House of Councillors for the Saitama at-large district after winning a by-election in 2019.[1] He has signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, signaling his opposition to any and all tax increases.[2] He previously served as governor of Saitama Prefecture from 2003 to 2019, when he subsequently retired.

  1. ^ Kyodo News (28 October 2019). "Ex-Saitama Gov. Ueda wins prefecture's Upper House by-election". Japan Times. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  2. ^ 日本税制改革協議会, Jtr- (2020-11-02). "国会議員(現在)". JTR - 日本税制改革協議会 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-08-31.