Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

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Toshihiro NIKAI


Date of birth: February 17, 1939
Member of the House of Representatives
Constituency: Wakayama 3rd district (Elected 8 times)


Education
1961Graduated from Chuo University, Faculty of Law

Career
2005Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (Third Koizumi Cabinet)
2005Chair, Special Committee on Postal Privatization, HR
2004Director-General, Election Bureau, LDP
2001Deputy Secretary General, Liberal Democratic Party
2003Joined the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Chair, Special Committee on Tourism, LDP
2002Secretary-General and Representative, New Conservative Party
2000Minister of Transport and Director-General of Hokkaido Development Agency (Mori Cabinet)
1999Minister of Transport and Director-General of Hokkaido Development Agency (Second Obuchi Cabinet)
1997Chair, Standing Committee on Construction, HR
1995Director, Election Division, New Frontier Party
1993State Secretary of Transportation (Hosokawa Cabinet)
1990State Secretary of Transportation (Second Kaifu Cabinet)
1983Elected as member of the HR (Has been elected consecutively eight times since then)
1975Wakayama Prefectural Assemblyman (served two terms)
1961Secretary to Saburo Endo (former House of Representative (HR) member and former Minister of Construction, from Shizuoka Prefecture)