ITO Shintaro
Minister of the Environment
Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness
Profile
- Date of birth
- May 6, 1953
- Place of Birth
- Tokyo, Japan
- Political party
- Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
- Affiliation
- Member of the House of Representatives
- Constituency
- Miyagi District 4
- Number of times elected
- 7
Past career
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- 1980
- Graduated from Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University (MA)
- 1978
- Graduated from Graduate School of Law, Keio University (MA)
- 1976
- Graduated from Faculty of Economics, Keio University (BA)
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- 2023
- Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (Second Reshuffled Second Kishida Cabinet)
Minister of the Environment (Second Reshuffled Second Kishida Cabinet)
Chairperson, Federation of Miyagi Prefecture Liberal Democratic Party Branches - 2022
- Director-General, International Bureau, Liberal Democratic Party
- 2021
- Executive Acting Chairperson, Policy Research Council Board, Liberal Democratic Party
Elected for seventh time to the House of Representatives, Miyagi District 4 (49th General Election) - 2018
- Chief Director, Committee on Environment, the House of Representatives
- 2017
- Chairperson, Committee on Vitalizing Agriculture in Hilly and Mountainous Areas, Liberal Democratic Party
Acting Chairperson, Public Relations Headquarters, Liberal Democratic Party
Elected for sixth time to the House of Representatives, Miyagi District 4 (48th General Election) - 2016
- Director, Internet Media Division, Liberal Democratic Party
- 2014
- Elected for fifth time to the House of Representatives, Miyagi District 4 (47th General Election)
Chair, Special Committee on Reconstruction after Great East Japan Earthquake, House of Representatives - 2013
- Secretary-General of All Parliamentary Group for the Promotion of Culture and Arts
Chair, Committee on Environment, House of Representatives
Chairperson, Federation of Miyagi Prefecture Liberal Democratic Party Branches - 2012
- Elected for fourth time to the House of Representatives, Miyagi District 4 (46th General Election)
Visiting Professor, Osaka University Graduate School - 2008
- State-Minister for Foreign Affairs (Reshuffled Fukuda Cabinet and Aso Cabinet)
- 2005
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs (Reshuffled Third Koizumi Cabinet)
Elected for third time to the House of Representatives, Miyagi District 4 (44th General Election) - 2003
- Elected for second time to the House of Representatives, Miyagi District 4 (43rd General Election)
- 2001
- Elected for first time to the House of Representatives, Miyagi District 4 (By-Election)
Professor, Tohoku Fukushi University - 1996
- Secretary to Member of the House of Representatives
- 1981
- Private Secretary to Director-General of the Defense Agency (now Ministry of Defense)