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Masaharu NAKAGAWA

Masaharu NAKAGAWA

Minister of the Environment
Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness

Date of Birth:February 22, 1947
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Political Party: Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Member of House of Councillors (Elected 3 Times)
Constituency: Tokyo
Education
1969 Graduated from the University of Tokyo (Bachelor of Law)
Career
1969 Joined Ministry of Finance (MoF)
1974 District Director, Tokuyama Tax Office
1985 Assistant Regional Commissioner, First Large Enterprise Examination Department, Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau
1990 Director for the Education, Science and Technology, and Culture Budget, Budget Bureau, MoF
1991 Director of the Government Debt Division, Financial Bureau, MoF
1993 Director of the Planning and Administration Division, Financial Bureau, MoF
1994 Regional Commissioner, Fukuoka Regional Taxation Bureau
1995 Deputy Commissioner (Large Enterprise Examination and Criminal Investigation), National Tax Agency
1996 Deputy Director-General of the Financial Bureau, MoF
1998 Director-General of the Financial Bureau, MoF
2001 Director General, Environmental Policy Bureau, Ministry of the Environment (MoE)
2002 Administrative Vice-Minister of the Environment, MoE
2004 Elected to the House of Councillors for the first time (Tokyo Metropolis)
2007 Director, Environment Division, LDP
2008 Chairman, Committee on Education, Culture and Science, the House of Councillors (HoC)
2010 Elected to the House of Councillors (2nd time, Tokyo Metropolis)
Chairman, Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems, HoC
2011 Duputy Chairman, Policy Research Council, LDP
2013 Chairman, Special Committee on National Security, HoC
2014 Chairman, Committee on Rules and Administration, HoC
2015 Acting Chairman, General Council, LDP
2016 Elected to the House of Councillors (3rd time, Tokyo Metropolis)
Duputy Chairman, General Assembly of Party Members of HoC
2017 Minister of the Environment (Abe Cabinet)
Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness
Hobby

Painting (Oil Painting)

Family

Wife, two sons, three grandchildren

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