Kohei Otsuka

Kohei Otsuka
大塚 耕平
Leader of the Democratic Party for the People
In office
7 May 2018 – 4 September 2018
Co-leading with Yuichiro Tamaki
Preceded byParty established
Succeeded byYuichiro Tamaki
President of the Democratic Party
In office
31 October 2017 – 7 May 2018
Preceded bySeiji Maehara
Succeeded byParty dissolved
Member of the House of Councillors
Assumed office
23 July 2001
Preceded byMakiko Suehiro
ConstituencyAichi
Personal details
Born (1959-10-05) 5 October 1959 (age 64)
Nagoya, Aichi
Political partyDPP
Other political
affiliations
DPJ (2000–2016, merger)
DP (2016–2018, merger)
Alma materWaseda University (PhD)
Websitehttps://ohtsuka-kohei.jp/

Kohei Otsuka (大塚 耕平, Ōtsuka Kōhei, born 5 October 1959) is a Japanese politician. He was a former leader of the Democratic Party for the People (DPP) and the Democratic Party (DP).[1] A native of Nagoya, Aichi,[2] he attended Waseda University and received a Ph.D. in fiscal and monetary policies and reforms.[3] Afterwards, he worked at the Bank of Japan from 1983 to 2000[3] before being elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2001.[2]

  1. ^ "Democratic Party selects Otsuka as new party president:The Asahi Shimbun". Archived from the original on 8 July 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "大塚 耕平(おおつか こうへい):参議院".
  3. ^ a b 政治家情報 〜大塚 耕平〜. JANJAN (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 25 October 2007.

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