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伊藤 信太郎
いとう しんたろう
ITO Shintaro
衆議院議員Member of the House of Representatives
自民党衆議院· House of Representatives(比)東北· Tohoku Proportional Representation Block自由民主党・無所属の会· Liberal Democratic Party and Association of Independents8 terms
Born 1953-05-06 · 東京都にて出生 (Tokyo)
Policy issues
Career & history
Government Posts
- Appointed as Minister of the Environment and Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness
- Appointed as State Minister for Foreign Affairs (Fukuda Reshuffled and Aso Cabinets)
- Appointed as Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (Third Koizumi Reshuffled Cabinet)
Party Posts
- Appointed as Director-General of the International Bureau of the Liberal Democratic Party
- Appointed as Acting Chairperson of the Policy Research Council of the Liberal Democratic Party
- Appointed as Acting Chairperson of the Public Relations Headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Party
- Appointed as Chairperson of the Committee to Revitalize Agriculture in Hilly and Mountainous Areas of the Liberal Democratic Party
- Appointed as Director of the Net Media Division of the Liberal Democratic Party
- Appointed as Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party Miyagi Prefecture Branch Federation
Committee Chairs
- Appointed as Chairman of the Special Committee on Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake, House of Representatives
- Appointed as Chairman of the Committee on Environment, House of Representatives
Professional Career
- Appointed as Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Osaka University
- Appointed as Special Advisor to Pasona Group Inc.
- Appointed as Professor at Tohoku Fukushi University
- Appointed as Deputy Director and Board Member of the Miyagi University Research Institute
- Appointed as Executive Secretary to the Speaker of the House of Representatives
- Appointed as a part-time lecturer at the Graduate School of Tamagawa University
- Supervised the development of the Family Computer software "U.S. Presidential Election"
- Served as a newscaster for TV Asahi's "CNN Day Watch"
- Appointed as Secretary to the Director-General of the Defense Agency
Education
- Completed the Master's program at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University (Master of Arts)
- Studied at Sorbonne University in France
- Completed the film directing program at the American Film Institute (AFI)
- Completed the Master's program in Political Science at the Graduate School of Law, Keio University
- Graduated from the Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Keio University
Other
- Elected in the 51st General Election for the House of Representatives (8th term)
- Elected in the 49th General Election for the House of Representatives (7th term)
- Elected in the 48th General Election for the House of Representatives (6th term)
- Elected in the 47th General Election for the House of Representatives (5th term)
- Elected in the 46th General Election for the House of Representatives (4th term)
- Elected in the 44th General Election for the House of Representatives (3rd term)
- Elected in the 43rd General Election for the House of Representatives (2nd term)
- First elected to the House of Representatives in the Miyagi 4th district by-election
- Born in Kami Town, Kami District, Miyagi Prefecture
Elections
Committee memberships
Offices
Diet Office
- Room
- 1121
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