Kosuke Ito (politician)

Kosuke Ito
伊藤 公介
Head of the National Land Agency
In office
7 November 1996 – 11 September 1997
Prime MinisterRyutaro Hashimoto
Preceded byKazumi Suzuki
Succeeded byHisaoki Kamei
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
10 December 1972
Personal details
Born (1941-10-23) October 23, 1941 (age 82)
Takatō, Nagano, Japan
Alma materHosei University

Kosuke Ito (伊藤 公介, Itō Kōsuke, born October 23, 1941) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Takatō, Nagano and graduate of Hosei University, he studied abroad in Berlin and then at Ohio State University. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1972 as an independent and later joined the New Liberal Club, which later merged with the LDP.