Yukio Kurita

{{Short description|Japanese politician (1930–2024)}}

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| name = Yukio Kurita

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1930|04|06}}

| birth_place = Sabae, Fukui Prefecture, Japan

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2024|05|17|1930|04|06}}

| death_place = Fukui, Japan

| nationality = Japanese

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| education = Graduate Schools for Law and Politics and Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo

| party = Independent

| office = Governor of Fukui Prefecture

| term_start = 23 April 1987

| term_end = 22 April 2003

| predecessor = {{ill|Heidayū Nakagawa|ja|中川平太夫}}

| successor = Issei Nishikawa

| native_name_lang = ja

| native_name = {{nobold|栗田幸雄}}

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Yukio Kurita ({{langx|ja|栗田幸雄}} Kurita Yukio; 6 April 1930 – 17 May 2024) was a Japanese politician. An independent, he served as governor of Fukui Prefecture from 1987 to 2003.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=13 August 2022|title=飢えや福井空襲…少年時代を戦争と生きた栗田幸雄さんの記憶　元福井県知事、若い世代に悲惨さ伝える|trans-title= |url=https://www.fukuishimbun.co.jp/articles/-/1609221|language=Japanese|work=Fukui Shimbun|location= |access-date=20 May 2024}}

Kurita died in Fukui on 17 May 2024, at the age of 94.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=17 May 2024|title=栗田幸雄元福井県知事が死去　1987年から4期16年、94歳|trans-title= |url=https://www.fukuishimbun.co.jp/articles/-/2039831|language=Japanese|work=Fukui Shimbun|location= |access-date=20 May 2024}}