noun
Director General of the Hokkaido Development Agency
Official title for the head of the former Hokkaido Development Agency (北海道開発庁), a government body that existed until the 2001 central government reform.
彼は1995年から北海道開発庁長官を務めた。
He served as Director General of the Hokkaido Development Agency from 1995.
The Hokkaido Regional Development Bureau, a successor organization under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, which took over many functions of the former agency.
Compound of 北海道 (Hokkaido) + 開発庁 (development agency) + 長官 (director general). The agency was established in 1950 and abolished in 2001.