Kenichiro Ueno


Kenichiro Ueno is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Nagahama, Shiga and graduate of Kyoto University, he joined the Ministry of Home Affairs in 1990. After an unsuccessful run 2003, he was elected for the first time in 2005. In 2010, he ran for governor of Shiga, but lost to incumbent Yukiko Kada.