Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

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Yoshiaki TAKAKI


Date of Birth: December 22, 1945 (Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture)
Member of the House of Representatives
Constituency: Nagasaki Prefecture Electoral District No.1 (Elected 7 times)

Education
Mar. 1964Shimonoseki Technical High School, Yamaguchi Prefecture
Mar. 1961Nisshin Junior High School of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture

Career
Jan. 2011Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2nd Reshuffled Kan Cabinet)
Sep. 2010Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Reshuffled Kan Cabinet)
Aug. 2007Vice President, Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)
Sep. 2006Chairman, Diet Affairs Committee, DPJ
Jan. 2004Chairman, Standing Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, House of Representatives
Aug. 1998Chairman, Special Committee on Coal Problems, House of Representatives
Feb. 1990Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time
(7 consecutive terms)
Apr. 1987Member, Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly (1 term)
Apr. 1975Member, Nagasaki City Assembly (3 terms)
Mar. 1964Joined the Nagasaki Shipyards and Machinery Works of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.