Seiji Hagiwara

Japanese politician

Seiji Hagiwara
萩原誠司

4th Mayor of Mimasaka
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 March 2014
Preceded by	Masao Michiue
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 11 September 2005 – 21 July 2009
Preceded by	Kazuoi Nose
Succeeded by	Hiroki Hanasaki
31st and 32nd Mayor of Okayama City
In office 10 February 1999 – 25 August 2005
Preceded by	Keisuke Ataka
Succeeded by	Shigeo Takatani

Personal details
Born	(1956-04-28) 28 April 1956 (age 67) Nishiawakura, Aida District, Okayama Prefecture

Seiji Hagiwara (萩原誠司, Hagiwara Seiji, born April 28, 1956) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) representing the Second District of Okayama Prefecture. A native of Nishiawakura, Okayama and graduate of the University of Tokyo he joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1980, attending Princeton University in the United States while in the ministry. At age 37, he was the deputy director in MITI's Industrial Policy Bureau.^[1] After leaving the ministry in 1998, he was elected for mayor of Okayama, Okayama in 1999, serving for two terms. In 2005 he was elected to House of Representatives for the first time. He represents the 2nd District of Okayama Prefecture, which includes the city of Okayama.