Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
Minister of State for IT Policy

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Hiroyuki HOSODA


Born: April 5, 1944, Matsue city,
Shimane Prefecture
Member of the House Representatives
Shimane 1st Constituency (in fourth terms)


Education
Graduated from the Faculty of Jurisprudence, Tokyo University

Career
1967Joined to the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
1983Director, Washington Office, Japan National Oil Corporation
1985Director, Price Policy Division, Industrial Policy Bureau, MITI
1986Retired from MITI
1990Elected to the Member of the House of Representatives
1994Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Economic Planning
1997Director, Transport Division, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
1998Member of the Special Committee on Promotion of Remote@Islands, Council for National Land
1998Director, Foreign Affairs Division, LDP
1999Parliamentary Secretary for International Trade and Industry
2001Deputy Secretary-General, LDP
2001Director-General, Election Bureau, LDP
2002Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
Minister of State for IT Policy