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いんどう 周作
いんどう しゅうさく
INDO Shusaku
情報・通信関係団体委員会 副委員長 · 情報・通信関係団体委員会Vice Chair of the Information and Communications Organizations Committee
自民党参議院· House of Councillors比例· Proportional Representation自由民主党・無所属の会· Liberal Democratic Party and Group of Independents1 term
Born 1967-11-10 · 熊本県人吉市 (Hitoyoshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture)
Policy issues
Current positions
Party Positions
- 情報・通信関係団体委員会 副委員長Vice Chair of the Information and Communications Organizations Committee
- 生活安全関係団体委員会 副委員長Vice Chair of the Committee on Public Safety Related Organizations
- 女性局 次長Deputy Director of the Women's Bureau
- 広報戦略局 次長Deputy Director of the Public Relations Strategy Bureau
- 参議院国会対策委員会 委員Member of the Diet Affairs Committee, House of Councillors
Career & history
Government Posts
- Appointed Councilor for Cybersecurity and Informatization at the Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on July 7, 2023.
- Attached to the Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on June 28, 2022.
- Appointed Councilor to the Director-General of the Digital Agency on September 1, 2021.
- Appointed Cabinet Councilor and Deputy Director-General of the IT Strategic Headquarters, Cabinet Secretariat (Deputy Government CIO) on July 1, 2021.
- Appointed Director of the General Affairs Division, Information and Communications Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on July 20, 2020.
- Appointed Director of the Postal Services Division, Postal Services Department, Information and Communications Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on July 5, 2019.
- Appointed Director of the Information Distribution Promotion Division, Information and Communications Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on July 11, 2017.
- Appointed Cabinet Councilor at the IT Strategic Headquarters, Cabinet Secretariat on July 22, 2014.
- Appointed Director of the Road Policy Planning and Coordination Office, Road Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in September 2012.
- Appointed Executive Secretary to the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications in 2009.
- Appointed Investigator of the Planning Division, Postal Services Department, Information and Communications Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in 2008.
- Appointed Assistant Director (Coordination Assistant) of the General Affairs Division, Postal Policy Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in August 2006.
- Appointed First Secretary at the Embassy of Japan in France in May 2003.
- Appointed Assistant Director of the Broadcasting Policy Division, Information and Communications Policy Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in 2001.
- Appointed Assistant Director of the Data Communications Division, Telecommunications Bureau, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications in 1999.
Professional Career
- Appointed Special Advisor to the National Association of Postmasters on November 29, 2025.
- Appointed Advisor to the National Association of Postmasters on May 19, 2024.
- Retired from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on March 31, 2024.
- Entered the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications in April 1992.
Education
- Graduated from the Faculty of Law, the University of Tokyo in March 1992.
- Graduated from Kumamoto Prefectural Seiseiko High School in March 1986.
Other
- First elected to the House of Councillors as a proportional representative candidate in the 27th regular election on July 20, 2025.
- Born in Hitoyoshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture on November 10, 1967.
Elections
Committee memberships
常任委員会· Standing Committee
特別委員会· Special Committee
Offices
Diet Office
- Room
- 505
- Phone
- 03-6550-0505
- Fax
- 03-6551-0505
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