WATANABE Hiromichi

• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Elected: Chiba 6th District (single-seat constituency), eight times
• Born: August 1950, Matsudo, Chiba
• Education:
• School of Law, Waseda University
• Master's degree, Graduate School of Law, Meiji University

• Career:
• Matsudo City Government
• Representative Director of a taxi company
• Member, Chiba Prefectural Assembly
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
• State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
• Minister for Reconstruction
• Minister in charge of Comprehensive Policy Coordination for Revival from the Nuclear Accident at Fukushima
• Chair, Standing Committee on Internal Affairs and Communications, House of Representatives (HR)
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare
• Chair, HR Special Committee for Regional Revitalization
• Chair, HR Special Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues
• Chair, HR Special Committee for Investigation of Nuclear Power Issues