Kenji Katsube | |
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勝部 賢志 | |
![]() Katsube in 2018 | |
Member of the House of Councillors | |
Assumed office 29 July 2019 | |
Preceded by | Katsuya Ogawa |
Constituency | Hokkaido at-large |
Hokkaido Legislative Assembly | |
In office 30 April 2015 –2019 | |
Constituency | Ebetsu City |
In office 30 April 2003 –2014 | |
Constituency | Ebetsu City |
Personal details | |
Born | Chitose,Hokkaido,Japan | 6 September 1959
Political party | CDP (since 2018) |
Other political affiliations | DPJ (2014–2016) DP (2016–2018) |
Alma mater | Hokkaido University of Education |
Kenji Katsube (born September 6,1959,in Hokkaido,Japan) is a Japanese politician who has served as a member of the House of Councillors of Japan since 2019. He is one of the six representatives of the Hokkaido at-large district,and is a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party. [1]
Katsube graduated from the Hokkaido University of Education in 1984,and worked as an elementary school teacher from 1984 to 2000. In 2000,he took a full-time job with the prefectural teachers union. From 2003 to 2019,he was a member of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly,serving as vice-chairman from 2017 to 2019. [2] He was elected to the House of Councillors in the 2019 election;his term ends in 2025. [1]
As of July 18,2023,he is a member of the following committees: