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Haruko ARIMURA

Haruko ARIMURA

Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment
Minister in charge of Administrative Reform
Minister in charge of Civil Service Reform
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate
Minister of State for Gender Equality

Date of birth: September 21, 1970 (Born in Ishikawa Prefecture, Grown in Shiga Prefecture, Family-Rooted in Kagoshima Prefecture)
Member of the House of Councilors (Elected 3 consecutive times since 2000)

Education

 

Bachelor Degree from International Cristian University

 

Master Degree from STI Graduate Institute

Career

Dec. 2014

Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment
Minister in charge of Administrative Reform
Minister in charge of Civil Service Reform
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate,
Minister of State for Gender Equality
(The Third Abe Cabinet)

Sep. 2014

Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment
Minister in charge of Administrative Reform
Minister in charge of Civil Service Reform
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate,
Minister of State for Gender Equality
Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
 (The reshuffled Second Abe Cabinet)

 2013

 Elected as a member of the House of Councilors (Started the third times)

 2008

 Chairman of the Committee on Environment, HC

 2007

 Elected as a member of the House of Councilors (Started the second times)

 2007

 Director, Woman’s Affairs Division, Liberal Democratic Party

 2005

 Parliamentary Secretary for Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

 2001

 Elected as a member of the House of Councilors (Started the first-term)

 1999

 Entered the doctoral course of Aoyama Gakuin University (International Relations)

 1997

 Joined Human Resource Development and Promotion Division, Personnel Department, Japan McDonald's Co., Ltd.

 1997

 Earned a Master degree from the School for International Training Graduate Institute, US

 1994

 Graduated from International Cristian University

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