Seigo Kitamura (北村 誠吾, Kitamura Seigo, January 29, 1947 – May 20, 2023) was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Ojika, Nagasaki and graduate of Waseda University, he 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 since 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 September 11, 2019 to September 16, 2020.

Kitamura died in Tokyo on May 20, 2023, at the age of 76.[1]

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  1. ^ "元地方創生相の北村誠吾衆院議員が死去、７６歳". 読売新聞オンライン (in Japanese). 20 May 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023.

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