- Hiroshi Nakada
is the mayor of
Yokohama, Kanagawa inJapan . A graduate ofAoyama Gakuin University , he served at the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management before working in the House of Councillors in the Diet.He was first elected mayor of Yokohama in April 2002 after serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) for three terms since July 1993. He was re-elected in 2006.
He has been compared to
Carlos Ghosn , the visionary CEO ofNissan , whose Revival Plan he emulated and enticed the corporation to relocate to the city with [http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/06/12/news/mayor8.php] .He is longlisted for the 2008
World Mayor award [http://www.worldmayor.com/contest_2008/world-mayor-vote.html] .Political career
*1993-1996: first term in House of Representatives
*1996-2000: second term in House of Representatives
*2000-2002: third term in House of Representatives
*2002-2006: first term as Mayor of Yokohama
*2006-2010: second term as Mayor of YokohamaReferences
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ee also
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Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD-IV), 2008.External links
* [http://www.city.yokohama.jp/se/mayor/profile.en.html Profile on Yokohama city homepage]
* [http://www.citymayors.com/mayors/yokohama-mayor.html CityMayors profile]
* [http://www.nakada.net Official website] ja icon
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