Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications
Minister of State for Decentralization Reform,
Regional Revitalization, Regional Government (doshu-sei)

Hiroya MASUDA

Born in Tokyo on December 20, 1951

Education

March 1977

Graduated from Faculty of Law, the University of Tokyo

Career

Aug. 2008	Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Minister of State for Decentralization Reform, Regional Revitalization, Regional Government (doshu-sei)
Sep. 2007	Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Minister of State for Decentralization Reform, Regional Revitalization, Regional Government (doshu-sei), and Privatization of the Postal Services
Aug. 2007	Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Minister of State for Decentralization Reform, Correcting Regional Disparities, Regional Government (doshu-sei), and Privatization of the Postal Services
April 2007	Deputy Chair, Decentralization Reform Committee
July	Member of the Supervisory Commission for Public-Private and Private-Private Competitive Tenderings
April 2006	Member of the Postal Privatization Committee
April 1995	Governor of Iwate Prefecture (through April 2007)
July 1994	Director for Construction Disputes Settlement, Construction Industry Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Construction
July 1993	Director for River Administration Policy Planning, General Affairs Division, River Bureau, Ministry of Construction
April 1986	Director, Railway Traffic Division, Department of Planning, Ibaraki Prefectural Government
March 1982	Director, Traffic Enforcement Division, Traffic Department, Chiba Prefectural Police Headquarters
April 1977	Joined the Ministry of Construction
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