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高橋 光男
たかはし みつお
TAKAHASHI Mitsuo
参議院公明党議員団 国会対策筆頭副委員長Principal Deputy Chair of the Diet Affairs Committee, Komeito Parliamentary Group in the House of Councillors
公明参議院· House of Councillors兵庫· Hyogo公明党· Komeito2 terms
Born 1977-02-15 · 1977年2月15日、兵庫県宝塚市 (February 15, 1977, in Takarazuka City, Hyogo Prefecture)
Policy issues
Current positions
Party Positions
- 参議院公明党議員団 国会対策筆頭副委員長Principal Deputy Chair of the Diet Affairs Committee, Komeito Parliamentary Group in the House of Councillors
Career & history
Government Posts
- Appointed as Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Second Reshuffled Second Kishida Cabinet)
Party Posts
- Appointed as Director of the Student Bureau of Komeito
- Appointed as Deputy Director of the International Bureau and Deputy Director of the Youth Bureau of Komeito
Professional Career
- Resigned from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Served as First Secretary at the Embassy of Japan in Brazil
- Appointed as Assistant Language Instructor (Portuguese) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Served as an interpreter at the Japan-Portugal Summit Meeting
- Accompanied Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on his visit to Brazil as an official interpreter
- Accompanied Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on his visit to Portugal as an official interpreter
- Served as an official at the Policy Coordination Division, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Appointed as Portuguese Interpreter for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Concurrent appointment to the Investment Office, Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Served as an official at the Second Africa Division, Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Concurrent appointment to the Afghanistan Assistance Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Served as an official at the Second Country Assistance Planning Division, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Served as Vice-Consul at the Consulate-General of Japan in Rio de Janeiro
- Served as Third Secretary at the Embassy of Japan in Angola
- Served as Third Secretary at the Embassy of Japan in Zimbabwe
- Engaged in overseas language training in Portugal (until June 2004)
- Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; underwent practical training at the Policy Division, Consular and Migration Affairs Department
- Passed the Foreign Service Professional Examination
Education
- Graduated from the Faculty of Law (Correspondence Course), Chuo University
- Withdrew from Osaka University of Foreign Studies (currently Osaka University)
- Studied abroad in Seattle, USA for one year
- Graduated from Kansai Soka High School
Publications
- Published his book "The Reliable Power that Traversed the World" from Ushio Shuppansha
Other
- Re-elected to the House of Councillors in the 27th regular election (Hyogo constituency)
- First elected to the House of Councillors in the 25th regular election (Hyogo constituency)
- Born in Takarazuka City, Hyogo Prefecture
Committee memberships
常任委員会· Standing Committee
Offices
Diet Office
- Room
- 614
- Phone
- 03-6550-0614
- Fax
- 03-6551-0614
参議院議員会館
参議院議員会館
兵庫事務所
- Phone
- 078-367-6755
- Fax
- 078-367-6756
兵庫県神戸市中央区多聞通3-3-16 甲南第1ビル 1102号室
1102 Konan Dai-1 Bldg., 3-3-16 Tamondori, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo