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古川 俊治
ふるかわ としはる
FURUKAWA Toshiharu
政府開発援助及び国際協力・人道支援等に関する特別委員会 委員長 · 政府開発援助及び国際協力・人道支援等に関する特別委員会Chairperson of Special Committee on Official Development Assistance, International Cooperation, Humanitarian Assistance and Related Matters
自民党参議院· House of Councillors埼玉· Saitama自由民主党・無所属の会· Liberal Democratic Party and Group of Independents4 terms
Born 1963-01-14 · 埼玉県さいたま市岩槻区(旧岩槻市) (Iwatsuki, Saitama City (formerly Iwatsuki City), Saitama Prefecture)
Policy issues
Career & history
Party Posts
- Appointed as the Chairman of the LDP Policy Board in the House of Councillors in November 2024
Committee Chairs
- Appointed as the Chairman of the House of Councillors Special Committee on Political Reform in August 2025
- Appointed as the Chairman of the House of Councillors Special Committee on Regional Dissemination and Digital Society in January 2024
- Appointed as the Chairman of the House of Councillors Special Committee on Establishment of Political Ethics and Electoral System in October 2022
- Appointed as the Chairman of the House of Councillors Special Committee on Regional Dissemination and Consumer Affairs in December 2021
- Appointed as the Chairman of the House of Councillors Committee on National Basic Policy in September 2020
- Appointed as the Chairman of the House of Councillors Committee on Financial Affairs in September 2014
- Appointed as the Chief Director of the House of Councillors Committee on Health, Welfare and Labour in October 2013
- Appointed as a Director of the House of Councillors Committee on Rules and Administration in January 2012
Professional Career
- Appointed as a Professor at Keio University Law School and the Department of Surgery, School of Medicine (Concurrent) in April 2007
- Appointed as an Associate Professor at Keio University Law School and the Department of Surgery, School of Medicine in 2004
- Appointed as a member of the Saitama Prefectural Environment Council in 2002
- Appointed as a Board Certified Instructor of the Japan Surgical Society and the Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery in 2001
- Started appearing as a commentator on television programs such as TBS's 'Broadcaster' in November 1999
- Appointed as an Assistant in the Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, and registered as a lawyer in April 1999
- Started judicial training at the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court in April 1997
- Passed the National Bar Examination in 1996
- Engaged in joint research on cancer treatment with the University of California, San Diego in 1990
- Started residency as a surgical specialist at Keio University Hospital in April 1987
Education
- Completed the MBA program at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford in September 2005
- Graduated from the Faculty of Law, Keio University in March 1996
- Obtained a Doctor of Medicine (PhD) from Keio University in June 1994
- Graduated from the Faculty of Letters, Keio University in March 1993
- Graduated from the School of Medicine, Keio University in March 1987
Other
- Elected for a fourth term to the House of Councillors in the 27th regular election in July 2025
- Elected for a third term to the House of Councillors in the 25th regular election in July 2019
- Elected for a second term to the House of Councillors in the 23rd regular election in July 2013
- Elected for the first time to the House of Councillors from the Saitama at-large district in the 21st regular election in July 2007
- Born on January 14, 1963, in Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama City (formerly Iwatsuki City), Saitama Prefecture
Elections
Committee memberships
Offices
Diet Office
- Room
- 718
- Phone
- 03-6550-0718
- Fax
- 03-6551-0718
参議院議員会館
参議院議員会館
浦和事務所
- Phone
- 048-788-8887
- Fax
- 048-788-8889
埼玉県さいたま市浦和区高砂3-12-24 小峰ビル3F
3F Komine Bldg., 3-12-24 Takasago, Urawa-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama