RYU Hirofumi

• In-House Group: The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Independent
• Elected: Kanagawa 9th District (single-seat constituency), seven times
• Born: 3 January 1965, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka
• Education:
• Faculty of Letters, Keio University

• Career:
• TV Asahi Corporation
• - Spot Sales Department
• - Political Department, News Division
•   - Correspondent for the Prime Minister's Official Residence
•   - Chief correspondent for opposition parties
•   - Chief correspondent for the Liberal Democratic Party
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
• State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
• Chair, Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Kanagawa Prefecture 9th Electoral District General Branch
• Chair, Federation of Kanagawa Prefecture DPJ General Branches
• Senior Deputy Secretary General, DPJ
• Senior Deputy Chair, DPJ Election Campaign Committee
• Senior Deputy Chair, DPJ Diet Affairs Committee
• Senior Deputy Chair, Diet Affairs Committee, Democratic Party
• Chairperson, Diet Affairs Committee, The Party of Hope
• Senior Director, Standing Committee on Rules and Administration, House of Representatives (HR)
• Chair, HR Special Committee on Promotion of Science and Technology, and Innovation