Minister for Foreign Affairs

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MACHIMURA Nobutaka


Date of birth: October 17, 1944
Member of the House of Representatives
Constituency: Hokkaido Prefecture 5th district (Elected 8 times)


Education
June 1969Graduated Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo (Attended Wesleyan University, USA, on a one year exchange program)

Career
27 Aug. 2007Minister for Foreign Affairs iReshuffled Abe Cabinet)
Nov. 2005Appointed Chairman of the LDP Research Commission on Foreign Affairs
21 Sep. 2005Minister for Foreign Affairs (Third Koizumi Cabinet)
27 Sep. 2004Minister for Foreign Affairs (Second Koizumi Cabinet)
1 Oct. 2002Director-General, Election Bureau, LDP
26 April 2001Acting Secretary-General, LDP
6 Jan. 2001Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
5 Dec. 2000Minister of Education, Science, Sports and Culture and Director-General of the Science and Technology Agency (Second Mori Cabinet)
March 2000Special Advisor to the Prime Minister (Obuchi Cabinet and First Mori Cabinet)
31 July 1998State Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Obuchi Cabinet)
11 Sep. 1997Minister of Education, Science, Sports and Culture (Second Hashimoto Cabinet)
8 Nov. 1996Chairman, Standing Committee on Health and Welfare, House of Representatives
26 Dec. 1992Director, National Defense Division, Policy Research Council, LDP
16 March 1990Director, Cultural Affairs Division, LDP
11 Aug. 1989Parliamentary Vice-Minister, Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture (reappointed under First Kaifu Cabinet)
3 June 1989Parliamentary Vice-Minister, Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture (Uno Cabinet)
18 Dec. 1983Elected for the first time to the House of Representatives at the 37th election (elected for eighth consecutive term at the 44th House of Representatives general election, 11 September, 2005)
1 April 1982Retired as Director of the Planning Division, Petroleum Department, Agency of Natural Resources and Energy, MITI
May 1979Seconded to Japan External Trade Organization (New York Trade Center)
June 1974Seconded to National Land Agency
1 July 1969Joined Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
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