Minister of Finance

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Yoshihiko NODA

Date of Birth: May 20, 1957
Birth Place: Chiba Prefecture
Political Party: Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)
Member of the House of Representatives (Elected 5 times)
Constituency: Chiba 4th district

Education
March 1980School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University
Career
June 2010Minister of Finance (Kan Cabinet)
September 2009Senior Vice Minister of Finance (Hatoyama Cabinet)
May 2009Acting Secretary General, DPJ
August 2007Chairman of the Public Relations Committee, DPJ
September 2005Chairman of the Diet Affairs Committee, DPJ
September 2004Next Minister of Finance in the Next (Shadow) Cabinet, DPJ
December 2002Chairman of the Diet Affairs Committee, DPJ
September 2002Candidate in the DPJ's presidential election
September 2001Next Minister for Administrative Reform in the Next (Shadow) Cabinet of DPJ
July 1993Elected as a Member of the House of Representatives (1st)
April 1987Elected as a Member of the Chiba Prefectural Assembly (1st)