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西銘 恒三郎
にしめ こうさぶろう
NISHIME Kosaburo
東日本大震災復興及び原子力問題調査特別委員会 委員長 · 東日本大震災復興及び原子力問題調査特別委員会Chairperson of Special Committee on Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Investigation of Nuclear Power Issues
自民党衆議院· House of Representatives沖縄4· Okinawa 4th District自由民主党・無所属の会· Liberal Democratic Party and Association of Independents8 terms
Born 1954-08-07 · 沖縄県那覇市 (Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture (Registered domicile: Kudaka Island, Nanjo City))
Policy issues
Career & history
Government Posts
- Appointed as Minister for Reconstruction and Minister of State for Special Missions (Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs) in the Kishida Cabinet in October 2021
- Appointed as State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry in August 2017 (Third Abe Cabinet and Fourth Abe Cabinet)
- Appointed as State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications in September 2014 (Second Abe Cabinet and Third Abe Cabinet)
- Appointed as Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in August 2008 (Fukuda Cabinet and Aso Cabinet)
Party Posts
- Appointed as Acting Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party in September 2023
- Appointed as Deputy Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party in October 2018
- Appointed as Director of the Public Management Division of the Liberal Democratic Party in October 2013
Committee Chairs
- Appointed as Chairman of the Special Committee on Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Issues of the House of Representatives in October 2025
- Appointed as Chairman of the Committee on Security of the House of Representatives in October 2019
- Appointed as Chairman of the Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of the House of Representatives in September 2016
Professional Career
- Appointed as Secretary to the Governor of Okinawa (Junji Nishime) in October 1984
- Joined the Okinawa Development Finance Corporation in April 1979
Education
- Studied abroad at the Graduate School of Tulane University in the United States in September 1981
- Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Sophia University in March 1979
- Graduated from Okinawa Prefectural Naha High School in March 1973
Other
- Elected to the House of Representatives for an eighth term in the 51st General Election in February 2026
- Elected to the House of Representatives for a seventh term in the 50th General Election in October 2024
- Elected to the House of Representatives for a sixth term in the 49th General Election in October 2021
- Elected to the House of Representatives for a fifth term in the 48th General Election in October 2017
- Elected to the House of Representatives for a fourth term in the 47th General Election in December 2014 (Proportional representation)
- Elected to the House of Representatives for a third term in the 46th General Election in December 2012
- Elected to the House of Representatives for a second term in the 44th General Election in September 2005
- First elected to the House of Representatives in the 43rd General Election in November 2003
- First elected as a Member of the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly in June 1988 (served four consecutive terms)
- Born on August 7, 1954, in Okinawa Prefecture (Registered Domicile: Kudaka Island, Nanjo City)
Elections
Committee memberships
Offices
Diet Office
- Room
- 317
- Phone
- 03-3508-7218
- Fax
- 03-3508-3218
衆議院第二議員会館
衆議院第二議員会館
西銘恒三郎後援会
- Phone
- 098-888-5360
- Fax
- 098-888-5361
沖縄県島尻郡南風原町字山川286-1
286-1 Yamakawa, Haebaru-machi, Shimajiri-gun, Okinawa
第51回衆議院議員選挙対策本部
- Phone
- 098-996-7511
沖縄県島尻郡南風原町字兼城634-2
634-2 Kaneagusuku, Haebaru-machi, Shimajiri-gun, Okinawa