Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Masaharu NAKAGAWA
| Date of birth: | June 10, 1950
(Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture) |
| Constituency: | 2nd Electoral District, Mie Prefecture
(Member of the House of Representatives, elected 5 times) |
| Website: | http://www.masaharu.gr.jp |
Education:
| Jun. 1973 | Graduate -- School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University |
| Mar. 1969 | Graduate -- Mie Prefectural Tsu High School |
Career:
| Sep. 2011 | Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
(Noda Cabinet) |
| Sep. 2010 | Senior Director, Committee on Budget, House of Representatives |
| Sep. 2009 | Senior Vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
(Hatoyama Cabinet) |
| Sep. 2007 | Senior Director, Committee on Financial Affairs, House of Representatives |
| Sep. 2007 | Minister of Finance for the "Next Cabinet" of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) |
| Nov. 2006 | Chair, Research Committee on Issues Related to Resident Foreign Laborers, DPJ |
| Feb. 2006 | General Vice-Chair, Diet Affairs Committee, DPJ |
| Sep. 2005 | Senior Director, Steering Committee, House of Representatives |
| May. 2004 | Chair, Tax Research Commission, DPJ |
| Jan. 2004 | Chair, 5th Working Group for the Research Committee on the Constitution (International Affairs & Security), DPJ |
| Dec. 2003 | Secretary-General, DPJ's Abduction Issue Strategy Headquarters |
| Jun. 2003 | Senior Director, Special Committee on Prevention of International Terrorism and Japan's Cooperation and Support; Humanitarian Assistance for Reconstruction of Iraq |
| Dec. 2002 | Acting Chair, DPJ's Policy Research Committee |
| Nov. 2001 | Chair, DPJ's Mie Total Branch Union Meeting |
| Jan. 2001 | Director, Research Commission on the Constitution, House of Representatives |
| Oct. 1996 | First elected to the House of Representatives from Mie Prefecture constituency |
| Mar. 1983 | Member of Mie Prefectural Assembly - 3 terms (12 years) |
| Apr. 1975 | Entered the Japan Foundation |
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