Seiichiro Murakami

{{Short description|Japanese politician}}

{{No footnotes|date=July 2017}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Seiichiro Murakami

| native_name = {{nobold|村上 誠一郎}}

| native_name_lang = ja

| image = Seiichirō Murakami, Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications.jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2024

| office = Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications

| primeminister = Shigeru Ishiba

| term_start = 1 October 2024

| term_end =

| predecessor = Takeaki Matsumoto

| successor =

| office1 = Minister for Administrative Reform
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform

| primeminister1 = Junichiro Koizumi

| term_start1 = 27 September 2004

| term_end1 = 31 October 2005

| predecessor1 = Kazuyoshi Kaneko

| successor1 = Kōki Chūma

| office2 = Member of the House of Representatives

| term_start2 = 6 July 1986

| term_end2 =

| predecessor2 = Multi-member district

| successor2 =

| constituency2 = Former Ehime 2nd (1986–1996)
Ehime 2nd (1996–2024)
Shikoku PR (2024–present)

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|5|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ochi, Ehime, Japan

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = Liberal Democratic

| alma_mater = Tokyo University

}}

{{Nihongo|Seiichiro Murakami|村上 誠一郎|Murakami Seiichirō|extra=born May 11, 1952}} is a Japanese politician. He was the Minister of State for Regulatory Reform, the Minister of State for Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan, the Minister of State for Administrative Reform, the Minister of State for Special Zones for Structural Reform and the Minister of State for Regional Revitalization in Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Cabinet.

He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Law from Tokyo University, and was first elected in 1986 to the House of Representatives in Ehime Prefecture.

Election history

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! Election

! Age

! District

! Political party

! Number of votes

! election results

style="background:white;" |1983 Japanese general election

| style="background:white;" |31

| style="background:white;" |Ehime 2nd district

| style="background:white;" |Independent

| style="background:white;" |51,423

| style="background:white;" |lost

style="background:Pink;" |1986 Japanese general election

| style="background:Pink;" |34

| style="background:Pink;" |Ehime 2nd district

| style="background:Pink;" |LDP

| style="background:Pink;" |79,171

| style="background:Pink;" |winning

style="background:Pink;" |1990 Japanese general election

| style="background:Pink;" |37

| style="background:Pink;" |Ehime 2nd district

| style="background:Pink;" |LDP

| style="background:Pink;" |64,084

| style="background:Pink;" |winning

style="background:Pink;"|1993 Japanese general election

|style="background:Pink;"|41

|style="background:Pink;"|Ehime 2nd district

|style="background:Pink;"|LDP

|style="background:Pink;"|72,924

|style="background:Pink;"|winning

style="background:Pink;"|1996 Japanese general election

|style="background:Pink;"|44

|style="background:Pink;"|Ehime 2nd district

|style="background:Pink;"|LDP

|style="background:Pink;"|118,966

|style="background:Pink;"|winning

style="background:Pink;"|2000 Japanese general election

|style="background:Pink;"|48

|style="background:Pink;"|Ehime 2nd district

|style="background:Pink;"|LDP

|style="background:Pink;"|113,616

|style="background:Pink;"|winning

style="background:Pink;"|2003 Japanese general election

|style="background:Pink;"|51

|style="background:Pink;"|Ehime 2nd district

|style="background:Pink;"|LDP

|style="background:Pink;"|99,208

|style="background:Pink;"|winning

style="background:Pink;"|2005 Japanese general election

|style="background:Pink;"|53

|style="background:Pink;"|Ehime 2nd district

|style="background:Pink;"|LDP

|style="background:Pink;"|115,297

|style="background:Pink;"|winning

style="background:Pink;"|2009 Japanese general election

|style="background:Pink;"|57

|style="background:Pink;"|Ehime 2nd district

|style="background:Pink;"|LDP

|style="background:Pink;"|94,843

|style="background:Pink;"|winning

style="background:Pink;"|2012 Japanese general election

|style="background:Pink;"|60

|style="background:Pink;"|Ehime 2nd district

|style="background:Pink;"|LDP

|style="background:Pink;"|77,078

|style="background:Pink;"|winning

style="background:Pink;"|2014 Japanese general election

|style="background:Pink;"|62

|style="background:Pink;"|Ehime 2nd district

|style="background:Pink;"|LDP

|style="background:Pink;"|57,168

|style="background:Pink;"|winning

style="background:Pink;"|2017 Japanese general election

|style="background:Pink;"|65

|style="background:Pink;"|Ehime 2nd district

|style="background:Pink;"|LDP

|style="background:Pink;"|62,516

|style="background:Pink;"|winning

style="background:Pink;"|2021 Japanese general election

|style="background:Pink;"|69

|style="background:Pink;"|Ehime 2nd district

|style="background:Pink;"|LDP

|style="background:Pink;"|72,861

|style="background:Pink;"|winning

style="background:Pink;"|2024 Japanese general election

|style="background:Pink;"|72

|style="background:Pink;"|Shikoku proportional representation block

|style="background:Pink;"|LDP

|style="background:Pink;"|−−

|style="background:Pink;"|winning