Tomohiro Yamamoto
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Tomohiro Yamamoto | |
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山本 朋広 | |
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| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 16 December 2012 – 9 October 2024 | |
| Constituency | Southern Kanto PR |
| In office 11 September 2005 – 21 July 2009 | |
| Constituency | Kinki PR |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 June 1975 Sakyō, Kyoto, Japan |
| Party | Liberal Democratic |
| Alma mater | Kansai University Kyoto University |
Tomohiro Yamamoto (山本 朋広, Yamamoto Tomohiro; born 20 June 1975) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party and a former member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
A native of Kyoto, Kyoto, Yamamoto attended Kansai University as an undergraduate and received a master's degree from Kyoto University. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005.
His profile on the LDP website:[1]
- Director, Committee on security
- Director, Delibative Council on Political Ethics
- Member, Committee on Fundamental National Politics
On August 4, 2022 it was reported that Yamamoto previously attended a Unification Church event where he had presented Hak Ja Han Moon with carnations, calling her "Mother Moon."[2] This attracted controversy as part of wider media coverage on the Unification Church's connections with the LDP following the assassination of Shinzo Abe.