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Seiko NODA

Seiko NODA

Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment
Minister of State for Gender Equality
Minister of State for the Social Security and Tax Number System

Member of the House of Representatives (Elected 9 times)
Date of Birth: September 3, 1960
Place of Birth: Fukuoka, Japan
Political Party: Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Constituency: Gifu 1st district
Education
Mar. 1983 Graduated from the Faculty of Foreign Studies, Sophia University
Career
Apr. 1983 Entered the Imperial Hotel, Ltd.
Oct. 1986 Resigned from the Imperial Hotel, Ltd.
Apr. 1987 Member of the Gifu Prefectural Assembly
Jul. 1993 Elected for the first time as a member of the House of Representatives (HR) (40th General Election)
Oct. 1996 Elected to the HR (41st General Election)
Nov. 1996 State Secretary for Posts and Telecommunications (The Second Hashimoto Cabinet)
Jul. 1998 Minister of Posts and Telecommunications (The Obuchi Cabinet, The Obuchi First Reshuffled Cabinet)
Jun. 2000 Elected to the HR (42nd General Election)
Nov. 2003 Elected to the HR (43rd General Election)
Sep. 2005 Elected to the HR (44th General Election)
Oct. 2007 Director, Publicity Division, Public Relations Headquarters, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Chairman, Special Committees on Persons with Disabilities, Policy Research Council, LDP
Nov. 2007 Chairman, Research Commission on Consumer Issues, Policy Research Council, LDP
Aug. 2008 Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy and Food Safety, Consumer Affairs, Space Policy
(The Fukuda Reshuffled Cabinet, The Aso Cabinet)
Aug. 2009 Elected to the HR (45th General Election)
Oct. 2011 Chairman, Research Commission on Consumer Issues, Policy Research Council, LDP
Dec. 2012 Chairman, General Council, LDP
Dec. 2012 Elected to the HR (46th General Election)
Dec. 2014 Elected to the HR (47th General Election)
Jan. 2016 Chairman of the Special Committee on Disasters, HR
Aug. 2017 Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment
Minister of State for the Social Security and Tax Number System
(The Third Reshuffled Third Abe Cabinet)
Oct. 2017 Elected to the HR (48th General Election)
Nov. 2017 (Present) Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment
Minister of State for Gender Equality
Minister of State for the Social Security and Tax Number System
(The Fourth Abe Cabinet)

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