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中田 宏
なかだ ひろし
NAKADA Hiroshi
衆議院議員Member of the House of Representatives
自民党衆議院· House of Representatives富山1· Toyama 1st District自由民主党・無所属の会· Liberal Democratic Party and Association of Independents5 terms
Born 1964-09-20 · 神奈川県横浜市 (Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture)
Policy issues
Career & history
Government Posts
- Appointed as Special Advisor to the Minister of the Cabinet Office in 2025
- Appointed as State Minister of the Environment and State Minister of the Cabinet Office (Second Ishiba Cabinet) in 2024
- Appointed as a Special Advisor to Osaka City in January 2012
- Appointed as an Advisor to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in October 2009
- Stepped down as Mayor of Yokohama in August 2009
Party Posts
- Appointed as the Branch Manager of the Toyama 1st Electoral District Branch of the Liberal Democratic Party in 2025
- Appointed as Director of the Environment Division of the Liberal Democratic Party in 2023
- Appointed as an Advisor to the Policy Research Council of the Japan Restoration Party in December 2012
- Appointed as Secretary General of the Nippon Soshin-to (Japan Spirit Party) in April 2010
Professional Career
- Appointed as a Pacific Leadership Fellow (PLF) at the University of California, San Diego in October 2010
- Participated in the founding of the Japan New Party
Education
- Graduated from the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management
- Entered the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management (10th class) in April 1989
- Graduated from the Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Aoyama Gakuin University in March 1989
- Graduated from Kanagawa Prefectural Kirigaoka High School in March 1983
Publications
- Published 'How to Build a Body That Never Gets Fat for Busy People' through Ascom
- Published 'Dining Out Power' through Bookman
- Published 'Sorting Out Failures' through PHP Institute
- Published 'The Authenticity of a Reformer' through PHP Institute
- Published 'How to Kill a Politician' through Gentosha
- Published 'Nakada-ism: My Viewpoint and Way of Thinking' through Kodansha
- Published 'Where There's a Will, There's a Way: Challenge from a Deviation Score of 38' through Kodansha
- Published 'Recipe for Administrative Reform: Japan's Cooking Method NZ Style' through Yomiuri Shimbunsha
- Co-authored and published 'Rules of the National Diet' through President Inc.
- Published 'Challenge of the New Party' through Pal Publishing
Awards
- Obtained the Vegetable Sommelier certification from the Japan Vegetable Sommelier Association in 2025
- Awarded the Legion of Honor Chevalier
- Received the 26th Best Father Yellow Ribbon Award (Political Division)
- Received the 21st Best Jeanist Award (Council Selection Division)
- Selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum
- Received the Companion of Beaujolais Knighthood
- Selected as a Global Leader of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum
Other
- Elected to the House of Representatives in 2026
- Elected to the House of Councillors in the 26th regular election (Proportional representation) in July 2022
- Elected to the House of Councillors via proportional representation vacancy in April 2022
- Elected for a fourth term to the House of Representatives via the Hokuriku-Shinetsu proportional representation block in the 46th general election (Japan Restoration Party) in December 2012
- Appeared as the Mayor of Yokohama in the movie 'Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers'
- Resigned as Mayor of Yokohama
- Re-elected as Mayor of Yokohama in April 2006
- First elected as Mayor of Yokohama in April 2002, becoming the youngest mayor of a designated city
- Elected for a third term to the House of Representatives from the Kanagawa 8th district in the 42nd general election (Mushozoku no Kai) in June 2000
- Elected for a second term to the House of Representatives from the Kanagawa 8th district in the 41st general election (New Frontier Party) in October 1996
- First elected to the House of Representatives from the former Kanagawa 1st district in the 40th general election (Japan New Party) in July 1993
- Born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
Elections
Committee memberships
Offices
Diet Office
- Room
- 1217
衆議院第二議員会館
衆議院第二議員会館
中田宏事務所
- Phone
- 045-440-1011
- Fax
- 045-440-1012
神奈川県横浜市神奈川区栄町1-1 KDX横浜ビル3F
3F KDX Yokohama Bldg., 1-1 Sakaemachi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa