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Teru FUKUI

Teru FUKUI

Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
Minister of State for Ocean Policy
Minister in charge of Territorial Issues

Date of Birth:December 14, 1953
Political Party: Liberal Democratic Party
Member of the House of Representatives (Elected 7 times)
Constituency:Shikoku Proportional Representation Block
Education
1976 Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Engineering
Career
1976 Joined the Ministry for Construction
1991 Deputy Mayor of Kakegawa City, Shizuoka Prefecture
2000 Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time (42nd General Election)
2006 Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
2007 Director, Fisheries Division, Policy Research Council, LDP
2008
 		 Director, Land, Infrastructure and Transport Division, Policy Research Council, LDP
2011 Chairman, Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems, HR
2011 Chairman, Comprehensive Research Commission on the Establishment of the Disaster Resilient Japan, LDP
2012 State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
2014 Deputy Chairman, Policy Research Council, LDP
2014
 		 Director-General, Information Bureau, Public Relations Headquarters, LDP
2014 Chairman, Headquarters for Overcoming Population Decline and Regional Revitalization, LDP
2014 Chairman, Headquarters for Overcoming Population Decline and Regional Revitalization, LDP
2014 Chairman, Committee on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, HR
2016 Chief Director, Special Committee for Regional Revitalization, HR
2016 Director, Special Committee on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), HR
2016 Acting Director-General, International Bureau, LDP
2017 Director-General, International Bureau, LDP
   

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