SAITO Tetsuo
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Minister in charge of Water Cycle Policy
Minister in charge of the International Horticultural Expo 2027
Profile
- Date of birth
- February 5, 1952
- Place of Born
- Shimane Prefecture
- Political party
- Komeito Party
- Affiliation
- Member of the House of Representatives
- Constituency
- Hiroshima 3rd
- Number of times elected
- 10
Past career
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- March 1976
- Graduated from Graduate School of Science and Engineering Tokyo Institute of Technology
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- October 2024
- Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Minister in charge of Water Cycle Policy
Minister in charge of the International Horticultural Expo 2027（Ishiba Cabinet） - September 2023
- Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Minister in charge of Water Cycle Policy
Minister in charge of the International Horticultural Expo 2027（Second Kishida Cabinet(Second Reshuffled)） - August 2022
- Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Minister in charge of Water Cycle Policy
Minister in charge of the International Horticultural Expo 2027（Second Kishida Cabinet(Reshuffled)） - November 2021
- Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Minister in charge of Water Cycle Policy（Second Kishida Cabinet） - October 2021
- Elected to the House of Representatives (10th term)
- October 2021
- Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Minister in charge of Water Cycle Policy - September 2020
- Deputy Chief Representative, KOMEITO
- eptember 2018
- Secretary General, KOMEITO
- October 2017
- Elected to the House of Representatives (9th term)
- December 2014
- Elected to the House of Representatives (8th term)
- December 2012
- Elected to the House of Representatives (7th term)
- October 2010
- Acting Secretary General, KOMEITO
- September 2009
- Chair, Policy Research Council, KOMEITO
- August 2009
- Elected to the House of Representatives (6th term)
- September 2008
- Minister of the Environment(Aso Cabinet)
- August 2008
- Minister of the Environment(Fukuda Cabinet(Reshuffled))
- September 2006
- Chair, Policy Research Council, KOMEITO
- September 2005
- Chairperson,Committee on Education,Culture,Sports, Science and Technology, HR
- September 2005
- Elected to the House of Representatives (5th term)
- October 2004
- Chairperson,Committee on Education,Culture,Sports, Science and Technology, HR
- November 2003
- Elected to the House of Representatives (4th term)
- June 2000
- Elected to the House of Representatives (Third term)
- April 2000
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Science and Technology Agency
- October 1999
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Science and Technology Agency
- October 1996
- Elected to the House of Representatives (Second term)
- July 1993
- Elected to the House of Representatives (First term)
- September 1986
- Visiting Researcher at Princeton University
- April 1976
- Joined SHIMIZU CORPORATION