IZUMIDA Hirohiko

• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Elected: Hokuriku-Shinetsu Bloc (proportional representation), twice
• Born: 15 September 1962, Kamo, Niigata
• Education:
• Faculty of Law, Kyoto University

• Career:
• Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
• Agency for Natural Resources and Energy
• Trade Bureau, MITI
• Small and Medium Enterprise Agency
• Industrial Policy Bureau, MITI
• Economic Planning Agency
• Visiting Scholar, University of British Columbia
• Deputy Director, Personnel Division, Minister's Secretariat, MITI
• Senior Coordinator for Advanced Cargo Transport Systems Promotion, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
• Director-General, New Industry and Labour Bureau, Gifu Prefecture
• Governor of Niigata Prefecture (three terms)
• Chairperson, Special Committee for Risk Management/Disaster Control, National Governors' Association (Member, Central Disaster Management Council)
• Chairperson, National Council for Promotion of Snowy and Cold Areas
• President, All Japan "Nishikigoi (colored carp)" Promotion Association
• Chairperson, Niigata Prefecture Gateball Federation
• Special Advisor, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences
• Deputy Director, Health, Labour and Welfare Division, Policy Research Council, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Deputy Director, LDP Judicial Affairs Division