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山口 壯
やまぐち つよし
YAMAGUCHI Tsuyoshi
決算行政監視委員会 委員長 · 決算行政監視委員会Chairperson of Audit and Oversight of Administration
自民党衆議院· House of Representatives兵庫12· Hyogo 12th District自由民主党・無所属の会· Liberal Democratic Party and Association of Independents9 terms
Born 1954-10-03 · 兵庫県相生市 (Aioi City, Hyogo Prefecture)
Policy issues
Current positions
Party Positions
- 国際局 局長Director-General of the International Bureau
Career & history
Government Posts
- Reappointed Minister of the Environment and Minister of State for Special Missions (Nuclear Emergency Preparedness)
- Appointed Minister of the Environment and Minister of State for Special Missions (Nuclear Emergency Preparedness)
- Hosted the 'Northeast Asia Cooperation Track 2 Meeting' in Tokyo
- Appointed State Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Appointed State Minister of the Cabinet Office (National Strategy, etc.)
Party Posts
- Appointed First Deputy Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party
- Appointed Chairman of the General Affairs Committee and Director-General of the International Department of the Democratic Party of Japan
- Appointed First Vice Chairman of the Policy Research Committee of the Democratic Party of Japan
Committee Chairs
- Appointed Chairman of the Special Committee on North Korean Abduction Issue, House of Representatives
- Appointed Chairman of the Security Committee, House of Representatives
Professional Career
- Appointed Visiting Professor at Fuji Phoenix Junior College
- Retired from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Appointed Director of the International Science Cooperation Division, Foreign Policy Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Appointed First Secretary at the Embassy of Japan in the United Kingdom
- Appointed First Secretary at the Embassy of Japan in Pakistan
- Appointed First Secretary at the Embassy of Japan in the People's Republic of China
- Appointed Chief Senior Specialist of the Security Policy Division, Information and Analysis Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Appointed Assistant Director of the First International Economic Affairs Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Seconded to the Operations Division, Defense Bureau, Defense Agency
- Served in the Policy Division, Economic Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Served at the Embassy of Japan in the United States
- Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Second International Organizations Division, Economic Affairs Bureau)
- Passed the Higher Foreign Service Examination
Education
- Obtained a Doctorate (Ph.D.) from Johns Hopkins University (SAIS)
- Obtained a Master's degree (M.A.) from Johns Hopkins University (SAIS)
- Graduated from the Faculty of Law (2nd Category), University of Tokyo
- Graduated from the Faculty of Law (3rd Category), University of Tokyo
- Graduated from Junshin Gakuin Junior and Senior High School
Publications
- Published 'Japan's New Strategy: Grand Strategy for Counter-offensive'
- Published 'The Making of an Alliance: Japan’s Alliance Policy, 1945-1952'
Other
- Elected for the seventh time in the 49th General Election of the House of Representatives
- Elected for the sixth time in the 48th General Election of the House of Representatives
- The 'Act on the Promotion of the Elimination of Buraku Discrimination' was enacted as member-initiated legislation
- Joined the Liberal Democratic Party
- Elected for the fifth time in the 47th General Election of the House of Representatives
- Elected for the fourth time in the 46th General Election of the House of Representatives
- Elected for the third time in the 45th General Election of the House of Representatives
- Elected for the second time in the 44th General Election of the House of Representatives
- Submitted the '30-student class promotion bill' as member-initiated legislation
- Elected for the first time in the 42nd General Election of the House of Representatives
- Born in Hyogo Prefecture
Elections
Committee memberships
Offices
Diet Office
- Room
- 603
- Phone
- 03-3508-7521
- Fax
- 03-3508-3951
衆議院第二議員会館
衆議院第二議員会館
相生事務所
- Phone
- 0791-23-6122
- Fax
- 0791-23-6145
兵庫県相生市大石町19-10 西本ビル2階
2F Nishimoto Bldg., 19-10 Oishimachi, Aioi-shi, Hyogo