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下村 博文
しもむら はくぶん
SHIMOMURA Hakubun
衆議院議員Member of the House of Representatives
自民党衆議院· House of Representatives東京11· Tokyo 11th District自由民主党・無所属の会· Liberal Democratic Party and Association of Independents10 terms
Born 1954-05-23 · 群馬県群馬郡倉渕村(現在の高崎市) (Kurabuchi Village, Gunma Prefecture (currently Takasaki City))
Policy issues
Career & history
Government Posts
- Concurrently appointed Minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games
- Appointed Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and Minister in charge of Education Rebuilding in the Second Abe Cabinet
- Appointed Member of the Japanese National Commission for UNESCO
- Appointed Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary in the First Abe Cabinet
- Appointed Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in the Second Koizumi Cabinet
- Appointed Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice
- Appointed Chairperson of the Health and Education Committee of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
Party Posts
- Appointed President of the Central Institute of Politics of the LDP
- Appointed Chairperson of the Policy Research Council of the LDP
- Appointed Chairperson of the Election Strategy Committee of the LDP
- Appointed Chairperson of the Headquarters for the Promotion of Revision to the Constitution of the LDP
- Appointed President of the Tokyo Metropolitan Federation of LDP Branches
- Appointed Executive Acting Secretary-General of the LDP
- Appointed Director-General of the Headquarters for the Revitalization of Education of the LDP
- Appointed Director of the Youth Division of the Liberal Democratic Party
Committee Chairs
- Appointed Chairperson of the Committee on Judicial Affairs of the House of Representatives
Professional Career
- Appointed Chairman of Hakubun Shingaku Semi
- Established the cram school "Hakubun Shingaku Semi" at the age of 21
Education
- Graduated from the School of Education, Waseda University
- Graduated from Gunma Prefectural Takasaki High School
Publications
- Published "GDW Kokoku-ron: Towards a Country with the World's Highest Happiness Level"
Other
- Elected for the 10th time in the 51st General Election for the House of Representatives
- First elected to the House of Representatives from Tokyo 11th District in the 41st General Election
- Elected to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly for a second term
- First elected to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
- Born in Kurabuchi Village, Gunma District (present-day Takasaki City), Gunma Prefecture
- Active in the Scholarship Foundation for Traffic Orphans and served as Secretary General of the Waseda University Oratory Society during university
Elections
Committee memberships
Offices
Diet Office
- Room
- 1217
衆議院第一議員会館
衆議院第一議員会館
板橋事務所
- Phone
- 03-5995-4491
- Fax
- 03-5995-4496
東京都板橋区大山金井町38-12 新大山ビル205
205 Shin-oyama Bldg., 38-12 Oyamakanaimachi, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo