Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

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Seiichi OTA


Date of birth: October 30, 1945
Place of Birth: Fukuoka Prefecture
Member of the House of Representatives
Constituency: Fukuoka Prefecture 3rd district (Elected 8 times)


Education
March 1973Completed his Ph.D. at the Graduate School of Economics, Keio University

Career
August 2008Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
July 1998 Director-General of the Management and Coordination Agency (State Minister), State Minister in charge of administrative reform, Chief of Youth Development Headquarters
June 1980Elected to the House of Representatives (36th General Election) (Elected 8 times)
September 1977Visiting Associate Professor, faculty of economics, Brown University in the United States
Specialized in economics (general equilibrium and optimum control theory of economic and business growth)
April 1976Associate Professor, faculty of economics, Fukuoka University