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永岡 桂子
ながおか けいこ
NAGAOKA Keiko
団体総局 局長Director-General of the Bureau of Organizations
自民党衆議院· House of Representatives(比)北関東· Northern Kanto Proportional Representation Block自由民主党・無所属の会· Liberal Democratic Party and Association of Independents8 terms
Born 1953-12-08 · 東京都渋谷区 (Shibuya, Tokyo)
Policy issues
Current positions
Party Positions
- 団体総局 局長Director-General of the Bureau of Organizations
Career & history
Government Posts
- Appointed Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in the reshuffled second Kishida Cabinet on August 10, 2022.
- Appointed State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in the reshuffled fourth Abe Cabinet on October 2, 2018.
- Appointed Member of the Japanese National Commission for UNESCO in November 2017.
- Reappointed State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in the third Abe Cabinet on December 24, 2014.
- Appointed State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in the second reshuffled Abe Cabinet on September 3, 2014.
- Appointed Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the first Abe Cabinet in September 2006.
Party Posts
- Appointed Director-General of the Organizations and Groups Headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Party on October 24, 2025.
- Appointed Deputy Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party on November 12, 2024.
- Appointed Deputy Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party in September 2019.
- Appointed Director of the First Cabinet Division of the LDP Policy Research Council in August 2017.
- Appointed Vice-Chairperson of the LDP Policy Research Council in October 2015.
- Appointed Chairperson of the LDP Health and Welfare-related Organizations Committee in October 2012.
- Appointed Vice-Chairperson of the LDP Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Division in October 2010.
- Appointed Chairperson of the LDP Member's Federation for the Welfare of Mother-and-Child and Widowed Families in May 2010.
Committee Chairs
- Appointed Chairperson of the Special Committee on Consumer Affairs, House of Representatives, in October 2020.
- Appointed Chairperson of the Committee on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, House of Representatives, in September 2016.
- Appointed Director of the Committee on Rules and Administration, House of Representatives, in August 2013.
Education
- Graduated from the Faculty of Law, Gakushuin University, in March 1976.
Publications
- Co-authored 'Women Members of the Diet Breaking Through the Walls of Nagatacho!', published by Seiko Shobo on April 24, 2020.
Other
- Re-elected to the House of Representatives for an eighth term in the 51st General Election on February 8, 2026.
- Re-elected to the House of Representatives for a seventh term in the 50th General Election on October 27, 2024.
- Re-elected to the House of Representatives for a sixth term in the 49th General Election on October 31, 2021.
- Re-elected to the House of Representatives for a fifth term in the 48th General Election on October 22, 2017.
- Re-elected to the House of Representatives for a fourth term in the 47th General Election on December 14, 2014.
- Re-elected to the House of Representatives for a third term in the 46th General Election on December 16, 2012.
- Re-elected to the House of Representatives for a second term in the 45th General Election on August 30, 2009.
- First elected to the House of Representatives in the 44th General Election on September 11, 2005.
- Born on December 8, 1953, in Shibuya, Tokyo.
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Offices
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