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長島 昭久
ながしま あきひさ
NAGASHIMA Akihisa
北朝鮮による拉致問題等に関する特別委員会 委員長 · 北朝鮮による拉致問題等に関する特別委員会Chairperson of Special Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues
自民党衆議院· House of Representatives東京30· Tokyo 30th District自由民主党・無所属の会· Liberal Democratic Party and Association of Independents9 terms
Born 1962-02-17 · 神奈川県横浜市 (Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture)
Policy issues
Current positions
Party Positions
- 政務調査会 会長代理Acting Chair of the Policy Research Council
Career & history
Government Posts
- Appointed as Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for National Security on October 1, 2024.
- Appointed as State Minister of Defense in the Third Reshuffled Noda Cabinet on October 1, 2012.
- Appointed as Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs and Security on September 5, 2011.
- Reappointed as Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense in the Kan Cabinet on June 8, 2010.
- Appointed as Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense in the Hatoyama Cabinet on September 18, 2009.
Party Posts
- Established the regional party 'Mirai Nippon' and was appointed as its Representative on June 1, 2018.
- Appointed as the Policy Research Council Chairman of the Party of Hope on November 14, 2017.
- Participated in the founding of the Party of Hope on September 25, 2017.
- Formed the 'Kokujiku no Kai' group within the DPJ and was appointed as its Chairman in February 2014.
- Appointed as Deputy Secretary-General of the Democratic Party of Japan in September 2013.
- Appointed as Chairman of the National Movement Committee of the Democratic Party of Japan in December 2012.
- Appointed as the Next Director-General of the Defense Agency in the Democratic Party of Japan's 'Next Cabinet' in September 2005.
Committee Chairs
- Appointed as Chairman of the House of Representatives Special Committee on Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake on October 3, 2022.
- Appointed as Chairman of the House of Representatives Special Committee on North Korean Abduction Issues on November 11, 2021.
- Appointed as Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Security on October 8, 2021.
Professional Career
- Appointed as Chairman of the Japan Skating Federation in September 2019.
- Appointed as Secretary-General of the Non-partisan Diet Members' Federation for Measures against Child Poverty in February 2016.
- Appointed as Chairman of the Tokyo Skating Federation in September 2010.
- Appointed as a Visiting Professor at the Chuo University Graduate School of Public Policy in 2006.
- Appointed as a Part-time Lecturer at the Keio University Graduate School of Law in 2003.
- Appointed as a Senior Researcher at the Tokyo Foundation in November 2000.
- Appointed as a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in the USA in 2000.
- Appointed as a Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in the USA in August 1997.
- Appointed as a Visiting Researcher at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, USA, in September 1993.
- Participated in the 'Heisei Ishin no Kai' founded by Kenichi Ohmae in 1992.
- Appointed as the First Public Secretary to Nobuteru Ishihara, a Member of the House of Representatives, in February 1990.
Education
- Obtained a Master's degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in May 1997.
- Completed the Master's program in Constitutional Law at the Keio University Graduate School of Law in March 1988.
- Graduated from the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Keio University in March 1986.
- Entered the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Keio University in April 1984.
- Graduated from the Department of Law, Faculty of Law, Keio University in March 1984.
Publications
- Published the book 'Resolution: Farewell Minshinto, to Aim for True Conservatism' through Wani Books in July 2017.
- Published the book 'The Style of Using America' through Kodansha in October 2013.
- Co-authored the book 'Issues of National Defense,' published by PHP Institute in March 2007.
- Published the book 'A New Blueprint for the Japan-U.S. Alliance' through Nippon Hyoron Sha in March 2002.
Other
- Elected for a ninth term to the House of Representatives (Tokyo 30th district) in the 51st General Election on February 8, 2026.
- Elected for an eighth term to the House of Representatives (PR Tokyo block) in the 50th General Election on October 27, 2024.
- Elected for a seventh term to the House of Representatives (PR Tokyo block) in the 49th General Election on October 31, 2021.
- Formed the 'Mirai Nippon' parliamentary caucus in the House of Representatives on October 18, 2018.
- Elected for a sixth term to the House of Representatives in the 48th General Election on October 22, 2017.
- Elected for a fifth term to the House of Representatives (PR Tokyo block) in the 47th General Election on December 14, 2014.
- Elected for a fourth term to the House of Representatives in the 46th General Election on December 16, 2012.
- Elected for a third term to the House of Representatives in the 45th General Election on August 30, 2009.
- Re-elected to the House of Representatives (PR Tokyo block) in the 44th General Election on September 11, 2005.
- First elected to the House of Representatives in the 43rd General Election on November 9, 2003.
- Born in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture on February 17, 1962.
Elections
Committee memberships
Offices
Diet Office
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- 510
- Phone
- 03-3508-7309
- Fax
- 03-3508-3309
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東京都府中市宮西町4-12-11 モア府中2F
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