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

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Yuriko KOIKE


Date of birth: July 15, 1952
Member of the House of Representatives
Constituency:
Tokyo 10th district (Elected 5 times)
The House of Councilors (Elected 1 time)


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

Career
2005Minister of the Environment
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
2004Minister of the Environment
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
2003Minister of the Environment
2000Re-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.
1999State Secretary for the Economic Planning Chair of the Liberal Party.
Member, Committee on Public Relations of the Liberal Party.
1998Director, 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.
1997Chair, Standing Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives.
1996Re-elected to the House of Representatives from Hyogo Prefecture's Sixth District.
Director, Public Relations Bureau of the New Frontier Party.
1995Assistant to the Secretary General of the New Frontier Party.
1994Founding Member of the New Frontier Party.
Vice-President of the Japan New Party.
1993Elected to the House of Representatives from Hyogo Prefecture's Second District.
Vice-Minister, Management and Coordination Agency.
1992Elected to the House of Councillors from the Japan New Party.
1990Secretary General of the Japan-Arab Association
1989Anchor, TV Tokyo's Financial and Business Programs "World Business Satellite" and "Top Business Executives".
1988Anchor, TV Tokyo's Financial and Business Programs "World Business Satellite" and "Top Business Executives".
1979Anchor, Nippon TV's Daily Program "Current Issues"
1978Interviewer and Coordinator for the Nippon TV Special "Colonel Qaddafi and Yasser Arafat".
1977Interpreter and Translator of Arabic.
Secretary General of the Japan-Arab Association