Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
Minister of State for Disaster Management
Minister of State for National Emergency Legislation

Tetsuo KUTSUKAKE

Date of birth: September 12, 1929 Member of the House of Councillors Constituency: Ishikawa Prefecture (Elected 4 times)

Education

March 1953

Graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo

Career

October 2005	Minister of State, Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission Mnister of State for Disaster Management Minister of State for National Emergency Legislation
October 2004	Chairman, House of Councillors' Policy Deliberation Commission of the Liberal Democratic Party
May 2002	Chairman, the Deliberative Council on Political Ethics and Election System, the House of Councillors (until October 2005)
July 2001	Returned to the House of Councillors (4th term)
January 2001	Parlamentary Vice-Minister of Environment (following the reorganization of Japanese government offices)
December 2000	Senior Parlamentary Vice-Minister in charge of the Environment Agency
June 2000	Returned to the House of Councillors (3rd term)
July 1992	Returned to the House of Councillors (2nd term)
December 1991	Parlamentary Vice-Minister of International Trade and Industry
July 1986	Elected to the House of Councillors (for Ishikawa Prefecture)
June 1984	Vice-Minister for Engineering Affairs
June 1982	Director-General, Road Bureau
August 1977	Director, National Expressway Division, Road Bureau
August 1971	Director for Policy Planning, Minister's Secretariat
April 1953	Joined the Ministry of Construction (MOC)