Chief Cabinet Secretary
Minister of State for Okinawa
and Northern Territories Affairs
Minister of State for Government Revitalization

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Yukio EDANO

Date of Birth: May 31, 1964
Birth Place: Utsunomiya-city, Tochigi Prefecture
Political Party: Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)
Member of the House of Representatives (Elected 6 times)
Constituency: Saitama 5th district


Education
1987 Graduated from Faculty of Law, University of Tohoku

Career
2011 Chief Cabinet Secretary
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Minister of State for Government Revitalization
(2nd Reshuffled Kan Cabinet)
2011 Chief Cabinet Secretary
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
(2nd Reshuffled Kan Cabinet)
Minister for Foreign Affairs ad interim (From March 7 to March 9)
2010 Minister of State for Government Revitalization
(Hatoyama Cabinet)
Secretary General, DPJ
Deputy Secretary General, DPJ
2009 Head of Working Groups for review of government programs, Government Revitalization Unit
2004 Chairman of the Research Commission on the Constitution, DPJ
2002 Chairman of the Policy Research Council, DPJ
1993 Elected to the House of Representatives (1st)
1991 Registered as an Attorney
1988 Passed the National Bar Examination