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NUKAGA Fukushiro

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Ibaraki 2nd District (single-seat constituency), elected 14 consecutive times

In-House Group: Independent (Liberal Democratic Party prior to assuming office as Speaker)

Born: 11 January 1944

Education:

School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University

Career:

1968-1978: Sankei Shimbun Co., Ltd.

1979-1983: Member, Ibaraki Prefectural Assembly (two consecutive terms)

Dec. 1983: Member, House of Representatives (now in 14th term)

June 1989: Director, Youth Division, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)

Feb. 1990: Parliamentary Vice-Minister of International Trade and Industry

Mar. 1995: Director, LDP Labour Administration Division

Nov. 1996: Chair, HR Standing Committee on Finance

Sept. 1997: Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary

July. 1998: Minister of State, Director-General of the Defense Agency

Dec. 1998: Deputy Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on the Tax System

Oct. 1999: Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary

Dec. 2000: Minister of State, Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency

Jan. 2001: After the reorganization of government ministries and agencies:

Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy and Information Technology

Oct. 2002: Acting Secretary-General, LDP

Apr. 2003: Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on Oil, Resources and Energy

Sept. 2003: Chairperson, LDP Policy Research Council

Oct. 2005: Minister of State, Director-General of the Defense Agency

Oct. 2006: Chairperson, LDP Special Committee on Space Development

Aug. 2007: Minister of Finance

Aug. 2008: Deputy Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on the Tax System

Jan. 2013: Subcommittee Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on the Tax System

Oct. 2013: Chair, HR Special Committee on National Security

Sept. 2014: Chairperson, LDP Research Commission for the Nuclear Energy Policy and Supply and Demand

Mar. 2015: Chair, HR Board of Oversight and Review of Specially Designated Secrets

Apr. 2015: Chairperson, LDP Headquarters for Accelerating Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake

Jan. 2018: Head, LDP Special Mission Committee on Fiscal Reconstruction

Oct. 2019: Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on Comprehensive Energy Strategy

Dec. 2019: Advisor, LDP Research Commission on the Tax System

Nov. 2021: Chairperson, LDP Headquarters for Promoting the Fiscal Consolidation

Oct. 2023-Oct. 2024: Speaker, House of Representatives

Nov. 2024-: Speaker, House of Representatives (reelected)

Other:

Commended by the House of Representatives for long service as a Member of the National Diet