Chief Cabinet Secretary
Minister of State (Gender Equality)

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Yasuo FUKUDA


Born : July 16, 1936, Gunma Prefecture


Education
1959Graduated from School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University

Career
1959Entered a petroleum refining and marketing company
1977Prime Minister's Chief Secretary (Fukuda Cabinet)
1979Private Secretary to Mr. Takeo Fukuda (former Prime Minister)
1981Director, Institute for Banking and Financial Affairs Research
1990Elected to the House of Representatives (HR)
Deputy Director-General, International Bureau, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
1991Director, Committee on Foreign Affairs, HR
1993Director, Committee on Cabinet, HR
1995Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs
1996Director, Division of Foreign Affairs, LDP
1997Deputy Secretary General, LDP
1998Chairman of the Finance Committee, LDP
1999Director-General, Treasury Bureau, LDP
2000Deputy Chairman, Policy Research Council, LDP
Minister of State, Chief Cabinet Secretary
Minister of State (Okinawa Development)
2001Minister of State, Chief Cabinet Secretary
Minister of State (Gender Equality)