Tetsuji Nakamura

Tetsuji Nakamura
Tetsuji Nakamura
中村哲治
	Official portrait, 2009
Member of the House of Councillors
	In office; 29 July 2007 – 4 December 2012
Preceded by	Shōgo Arai
Succeeded by	Iwao Horii
Constituency	Nara at-large
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 25 June 2000 – 11 September 2005
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Sanae Takaichi
Constituency	Kinki PR (2000–2003); Nara 2nd (2003–2005)
Personal details
Born	24 July 1971; Ikoma, Nara, Japan
Political party	Democratic (2000–2012)
Other political; affiliations	PLF (2012); TPJ (2012–2013); PLP (2013–2015); Independent (2015–2016); DP (2016–2018)
Alma mater	Kyoto University

Tetsuji Nakamura (中村哲治, Nakamura Tetsuji; born 1971) is a former Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, who served as a member of the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).

Career

A native of Ikoma, Nara and graduate of Kyoto University, he was a member of the House of Representatives for the Nara 2nd district, but lost re-election in 2005. He was elected to the House of Councillors for the Nara at-large district in 2007. In 2012 Nakamura resigned to attempt to retake his seat in the 2nd district in the 2012 Japanese general election but he was unsuccessful.