{{Short description|Japanese politician (1947–2023)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Seigo Kitamura | native_name = {{nobold|北村 誠吾}} | native_name_lang = ja | image = Seigo Kitamura 20141116.jpg | caption = Official portrait, 2014 | office = Member of the House of Representatives | constituency = Nagasaki 4th (2000–2009)<br>Kyushu PR (2009–2012)<br>Nagasaki 4th (2012–2023) | term_start = 25 June 2000 | term_end = 20 May 2023 | predecessor = {{ill|Daisuke Miyajima|ja|宮島大典}} | successor = Yozo Kaneko | office1 = Member of the Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly | constituency1 = Kitamatsuura District | term_start1 = 1987 | term_end1 = 2000 | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | office2 = Member of the Sasebo City Council | constituency2 = | term_start2 = 1983 | term_end2 = 1986 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | birth_date = {{birth date|1947|01|29|df=y}} | birth_place = Ojika, Nagasaki, Japan | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|5|20|1947|1|29|df=y}} | death_place = Tokyo, Japan | alma_mater = Waseda University | party = Liberal Democratic }} {{nihongo|'''Seigo Kitamura'''|北村 誠吾|Kitamura Seigo|extra=29 January 1947 – 20 May 2023}} was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
== Early life == Kitamura was a native of Ojika, Nagasaki and graduated from Waseda University.
== Political career == Kitamura ran unsuccessfully for the assembly of Nagasaki Prefecture in 1982 but served in the assembly of Sasebo, Nagasaki in the following year. In 1986 he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives as an independent.
After having served in the assembly of Nagasaki Prefecture for four terms from 1987, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 as an independent in Nagasaki's 4th District. He later joined the LDP.
Kitamura served as the minister of state from 11 September 2019 to 16 September 2020.
== Death == Kitamura died in Tokyo on 20 May 2023, at the age of 76.<ref >{{cite web | title=元地方創生相の北村誠吾衆院議員が死去、７６歳 | website=読売新聞オンライン | date=20 May 2023 | url=https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/20230520-OYT1T50255/ | language=ja | access-date=21 May 2023}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== Sources == * {{cite web |url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/diet/profile/0000/00000280.html |script-title=ja:政治家情報 〜北村 誠吾〜 |publisher=JANJAN |accessdate=2007-10-20 |language=ja|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025014934/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/diet/profile/0000/00000280.html |archivedate=2007-10-25 }}
== External links == * [http://www.seigo.info/ Official website] in Japanese.
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