Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy

Hiroko OTA

Date of birth: February 2, 1954

Education

1976	Graduated from Faculty of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University

Career

September 2006	Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
April 2004	Director General for Economic Research in Cabinet Office (until August 2005)
March 2003	Deputy Director General for Economic Research in Cabinet Office
April 2002	Director of Policy Analysis in Cabinet Office
May 2001	Professor of National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
October 1997	Associate Professor of National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
April 1996	Associate Professor of Saitama University Graduate School of Political Science
May 1981	Research fellow of Japan Institute of Life Insurance