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Ken SAITO
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
DATE OF BIRTH: June 14. 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH: Tokyo
Political Party: Liberal Democratic Party
Member of the House of Representatives (Elected 4 Times)
Constituency: Chiba 7th District
PLACE OF BIRTH: Tokyo
Political Party: Liberal Democratic Party
Member of the House of Representatives (Elected 4 Times)
Constituency: Chiba 7th District
Education
March 1983 | Tokyo University, Faculty of Economics |
Career
April 1983 | Joined Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) |
June 1998 | Director for Personnel Affairs, Personnel Division, Minister’s Secretariat, MITI |
July 1999 | Director for Planning, Policy Planning and Coordination Division, Basic Industries Bureau, MITI |
October 1999 | Secretary to the Minister of International Trade and Industry |
July 2000 | Director for Planning, Planning Division, Public Utilities Department, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy |
October 2000 | Director, Information International Cooperation Office, Electronics Policy Division, Machinery and Information Industries Bureau, MITI |
January 2001 | Director for Planning, Administrative Reform Promotion Coordinate Office, the Secretariat of the Administrative Reform Promotion, Cabinet Secretariat |
October 2003 | Director, Electricity Infrastructure Division, Electricity and Gas Industry Department, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy |
August 2004 | Vice Governor, Saitama Prefecture |
March 2006 | Retired Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry |
August 2009 | Elected to the House of Representatives (HR)(45th General Election) |
December 2012 | Elected to the HR (46th General Election) |
December 2012- September 2013 |
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Environment |
December 2014 | Elected to the HR (47th General Election) |
October 2015 | State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
August 2017 | Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
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