Shōgo Arai (荒井 正吾, Arai Shōgo, born 18 January 1945 in Yao, Osaka) is a Japanese politician and a former governor of Nara Prefecture in Japan, first elected in 2007. A graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Transport, attending Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs Syracuse University as a ministry official. Leaving the ministry in 2001, he was elected to the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan (national legislature) for the first time in the same year.

Shōgo Arai
荒井 正吾
Governor of Nara Prefecture
In office
3 May 2007 – 2 May 2023
Preceded byYoshiya Kakimoto
Succeeded byMakoto Yamashita
Member of the House of Councillors
from Nara
In office
29 July 2001 – 9 March 2007
Personal details
Born (1945-01-18) 18 January 1945 (age 79)
Yao, Osaka, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo

References

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  • 政治家情報 〜荒井 正吾〜. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 29 July 2007. Retrieved 8 December 2007.
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