Shoichi Kondo

Japanese politician

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Shōichi Kondō
近藤昭一
Kondo in 2024

Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 October 1996
Preceded by	Constituency established
Constituency	Tōkai PR (1996–2000; 2012–2014) Aichi 3rd (2000–2012; 2014–present)
Personal details
Born	(1958年05月26日) 26 May 1958 (age 66) Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Political party	CDP (since 2017)
Other political affiliations	NPS (1994–1996) DP 1996 (1996–1998) DPJ (1998–2016) DP 2016 (2016–2017)
Alma mater	Sophia University

Shoichi Kondo (近藤昭一, Kondō Shōichi, born 26 May 1958) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).^[1]

Early life

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Kondo started working for the Chunichi Shimbun, a major left-leaning, progressive and social-democratic general newspaper, in 1984 and left the company in 1993.

Political career

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Kondo is a former member of the Democratic Party (DP), the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), and New Party Sakigake. After he joined the DPJ in 1996, he was elected to the House of Representatives.^[2]

Kondo is part of the CDP's shadow cabinet 'Next Cabinet' as the shadow Minister of the Environment.^[3]