Kōtarō Nogami

{{short description|Japanese politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Kōtarō Nogami

| image = Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Kōtarō Nogami.jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2015

| office = Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

| primeminister = Yoshihide Suga

| term_start = 16 September 2020

| term_end = 4 October 2021

| predecessor = Taku Etō

| successor = Genjirō Kaneko

| office1 = Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
(Political affairs, House of Councillors)

| primeminister1= Shinzo Abe

| term_start1 = 3 August 2016

| term_end1 = 11 September 2019

| predecessor1 = Hiroshige Seko

| successor1 = Naoki Okada

| office2 = Member of the House of Councillors

| constituency2 = Toyama at-large

| term_start2 = 26 July 2010

| term_end2 =

| predecessor2 = Tsunenori Kawai

| successor2 =

| constituency3 = Toyama at-large

| term_start3 = 29 July 2001

| term_end3 = 28 July 2007

| predecessor3 = Yasumasa Kakuma

| successor3 = Takashi Morita

| office4 = Member of the Toyama Prefectural Assembly

| constituency4 = Toyama City

| term_start4 = 1999

| term_end4 = 2001

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|5|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Toyama, Japan

| death_date =

| death_place =

| nationality =

| party = Liberal Democratic

| spouse =

| children =

| alma_mater = Keio University

}}

Kōtarō Nogami (born 20 May 1967){{Cite web|title=Kōtarō Nogami|url=https://www.jimin.jp/english/profile/members/114736.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722014805/https://www.jimin.jp/english/profile/members/114736.html|archive-date=22 July 2019|access-date=21 September 2020|website=Liberal Democratic Party of Japan}} is a Japanese politician who served as the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from September 2020 to October 2021.{{Cite news|date=17 September 2020|title=Suga becomes Japan PM, forms continuity Cabinet as Abe era ends|work=Kyodo News|url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/09/e728ad6b92a7-suga-to-take-office-as-japan-pm-amid-virus-economic-woes.html|url-status=live|access-date=20 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917231507/https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/09/e728ad6b92a7-suga-to-take-office-as-japan-pm-amid-virus-economic-woes.html|archive-date=17 September 2020}}{{Cite news|date=16 September 2020|title=Suga elected prime minister, retains eight Cabinet members|work=The Asahi Shimbun|url=http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13733126|url-status=live|access-date=20 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918052543/http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13733126|archive-date=18 September 2020}} He previously served as Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary from 2016 to 2019, and is also a member of the House of Councilors of Japan, winning his first election in 2001.

Nogami served in the House of Councilors for Toyama from 2001 to 2007, serving one term. After losing re-election, he ran again in 2010 and successfully won the seat. In 2013, he was named State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and served in that position for a year. In 2016, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appointed him as Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary, and he served in that position until 2019.