Minister of the Environment
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs

Yuriko KOIKE

Born: July 15, 1952 Member of the House of Representatives Constituency: Kinki Proportional Representation District(Elected 4 times) The House of Councilors (Elected 1 time)

Education

1976	BA in Sociology, Cairo University, Egypt.
1972	Arabic Intensive Course, Oriental Studies, American University of Cairo, Egypt.
1971	Faculty of Sociology, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan.

Career

2004	Minister of the Environment Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
2003	Minister of the Environment
2000	Re-elected to the House of Representatives from Hyogo Prefecture's Sixth District. Vice-Chair, New Conservative Party Policy Planning Committee. Member, Standing Committee on Health and Welfare of the House of Representatives. Member, Standing Committee on Finance of the House of Representatives.
1999	State Secretary for the Economic Planning Chair of the Liberal Party. Member, Committee on Public Relations of the Liberal Party.
1998	Director, Standing Committee on Finance of the House of Representatives. Member, Standing Committee on Trade and Industry of the House of Representatives. Founding Member of the Liberal Party.
1997	Chair, Standing Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives.
1996	Re-elected to the House of Representatives from Hyogo Prefecture's Sixth District. Director, Public Relations Bureau of the New Frontier Party.
1995	Assistant to the Secretary General of the New Frontier Party.
1994	Founding Member of the New Frontier Party. Vice-President of the Japan New Party.
1993	Elected to the House of Representatives from Hyogo Prefecture's Second District. Vice-Minister, Management and Coordination Agency.
1992	Elected to the House of Councillors from the Japan New Party.
1990	Secretary General of the Japan-Arab Association
1989	Anchor, TV Tokyo's Financial and Business Programs "World Business Satellite" and "Top Business Executives".
1988	Anchor, TV Tokyo's Financial and Business Programs "World Business Satellite" and "Top Business Executives".
1979	Anchor, Nippon TV's Daily Program "Current Issues"
1978	Interviewer and Coordinator for the Nippon TV Special "Colonel Qaddafi and Yasser Arafat".
1977	Interpreter and Translator of Arabic. Secretary General of the Japan-Arab Association