Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

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Toshihiro NIKAI


Date of birth: February 17, 1939
Member of the House of Representatives
Constituency: Wakayama 3rd district (Elected 8 times)


Education
1961 Mar.Graduated from Chuo University, Faculty of Law

Career
2008 Sep. Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (Aso Cabinet)
2008 Aug. Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (Fukuda Reshuffled Cabinet)
2007 Aug.Chairman, General Council, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
2006 Sep. Chairman, Diet Affairs Committee, LDP
2005 Oct.Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (third Koizumi Reshuffled Cabinet)
2005 May Chairman, Special Committee on Postal Privatization, House of Representatives (HR)
2004 Sep.Director-General, Election Bureau, LDP
2002 Dec. Secretary-General and Representative, New Conservative Party
2001 Sep. Secretary-General and Diet Affairs Committee Chairman, Conservative Party
2000 Jul.Acting Secretary-General and Diet Affairs Committee Chairman, Conservative Party
2000 Apr.Minister of Transport and Director-General of Hokkaido Development Agency (Mori Cabinet)
1999 Oct.Minister of Transport and Director-General of Hokkaido Development Agency (second Obuchi Cabinet)
1998 Jan.Chairman, Diet Affairs Committee, Liberal Party
1997 Sep.Chairman, Standing Committee on Construction, HR
1995 Sep.Director, Election Strategy Division, New Frontier Party
1993 Aug.The 50th State Secretary of Transportation (Hosokawa Cabinet)
1990 Feb.The 46th State Secretary of Transportation (second Kaifu Cabinet)
1983 Dec.Elected as a Member of HR (has been elected consecutively eight times since then)
1975 Apr.Elected as a Member of Wakayama Prefectual Assembly (served two terms)
1961 Apr.Secretary to the late Saburo Endo (former HR member and former Minister of Construction)
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