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世耕 弘成
せこう ひろしげ
SEKO Hiroshige
衆議院議員Member of the House of Representatives
無所属衆議院· House of Representatives和歌山2· Wakayama 2nd District自由民主党・無所属の会· Liberal Democratic Party and Association of Independents2 terms
Born 1962-11-09 · 大阪府にて生まれる (Osaka Prefecture)
Policy issues
Career & history
Government Posts
- Appointed concurrently as Minister for the International Exhibition on December 21, 2018
- Appointed concurrently as Minister for Economic Cooperation with Russia on September 1, 2016
- Appointed as Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry on August 3, 2016
- Appointed as Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary on December 26, 2012
- Appointed as Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for Public Relations on September 26, 2006
- Appointed as Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications on September 22, 2003
Party Posts
- Appointed as Secretary-General of the LDP in the House of Councillors on September 11, 2019
- Appointed as Chairman of the Policy Research Council of the LDP in the House of Councillors on October 5, 2012
- Appointed as Deputy Secretary-General of the LDP in September 2010
- Appointed as the Chairman of the LDP Wakayama Prefectural Federation in 2002
- Appointed as the Director of the Multimedia Bureau within the LDP Public Relations Headquarters in 2000
Committee Chairs
- Appointed as Chairman of the House of Councillors Committee on Internal Affairs and Communications in November 2005
Professional Career
- Inaugurated as the 6th Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kindai University in September 2019
- Inaugurated as the 4th Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kindai University on October 1, 2011
- Appointed as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kindai University in 2007
- Appointed as a manager for Press Relations in the Public Relations Division at NTT in December 1996
- Appointed as a manager for Business Management at the NTT Kansai Branch in July 1995
- Appointed as a supervisor in the Press Department of the Public Relations Division at NTT in March 1993
- Joined Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) in April 1986
Education
- Earned a Master's degree in Corporate Communications from the College of Communication, Boston University in 1992
- Graduated from the Department of Political Science, School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University in March 1986
Publications
- Published 'LDP Reform Project: 650 Days' from Shinchosha on November 14, 2006
- Published 'Professional PR Strategy' from Goma Books on September 27, 2005
Awards
- Received the 48th Best Dresser Award (Political category) on November 27, 2019
- Received the 30th Japan Best Dressed Eyes Award (Political category) in October 2017
- Awarded the Order of Civil Merit from the Spanish Government on April 21, 2017
- Awarded the Order of Orange-Nassau from the Dutch Royal Family on October 21, 2014
Other
- Re-elected to the House of Representatives in the 51st general election on February 8, 2026
- Elected for the first time to the House of Representatives in the 50th general election on October 27, 2024
- Re-elected to the House of Councillors in the 25th regular election on July 21, 2019
- Re-elected to the House of Councillors in the 23rd regular election on July 21, 2013
- Re-elected to the House of Councillors in the 21st regular election on July 29, 2007
- Re-elected to the House of Councillors in the 19th regular election on July 29, 2001
- Elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in the Wakayama at-large district by-election on November 8, 1998
- Born in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture on November 9, 1962
Elections
Committee memberships
Offices
Diet Office
- Room
- 1008
- Phone
- 03-3508-7296
- Fax
- 03-3508-3506
衆議院第一議員会館
衆議院第一議員会館
世耕弘成事務所
- Phone
- 0739-26-2525
和歌山県田辺市稲成町232-2
232-2 Inarimachi, Tanabe-shi, Wakayama