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	Career 1970 March Graduated from Faculty of Applied Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology 1971 Passed the examination of Patent Attorney 1980 June Member of the House of Representatives (1st) 1993 August Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives 1996 January Minister of Health and Welfare 1998 April President, DPJ 1999 September Chairman of the Policy Research Council, DPJ 2000 September Secretary General, DPJ 2002 December President, DPJ 2006 April Vice President, DPJ 2008 December Lead Director, Committee on Budget, House of Representatives 2009 August Member of the House of Representatives (10th) September Deputy Prime Minister Minister of State for National Policy Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy 2010 January Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Finance Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy 2010 June The 94th Prime Minister