(As of March 2025)
GEMBA Koichiro
Vice-Speaker of the House of Representatives
Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Fukushima 2nd District (single-seat constituency), elected 11 consecutive times
- In-House Group: Independent (The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Independent prior to assuming office as Vice-Speaker)
- Born: 20 May 1964, Tamura, Fukushima
- Education:
- Faculty of Law, Sophia University
- Career:
- Apr. 1991:Member, Fukushima Prefectural Assembly
- July 1993:First elected to the House of Representatives (now in 11th term)
- Jan. 1996:Secretary for Diet Affairs, New Party Sakigake
- May 2004:Chair, Election Campaign Committee, Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)
- Sept. 2007:Chair, HR Special Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
- Sept. 2009:Chair, HR Standing Committee on Financial Affairs
- June 2010:Chair, DPJ Policy Research Committee
Served in the Kan Cabinet as:
- Minister of State for Civil Service Reform
- Minister of State for the New Public Commons;
- Minister of State for Social Affairs
- Minister of State for Gender Equality - Sept. 2010:Chair, DPJ Policy Research Committee (reappointed)
Served in the Kan Cabinet (after reshuffle) as:
- Minister of State for National Policy
- Minister of State for the New Public Commons - Jan. 2011:Served in the Kan Cabinet (after second reshuffle) as:
- Minister for National Policy (reappointed)
- Minister of State for the New Public Commons (reappointed);
- Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
- Minister for Space Policy - Sept. 2011:Served in the Noda Cabinet as:
- Minister for Foreign Affairs - Mar. 2016:Chair, Election Campaign Committee, Democratic Party
- Sept. 2016:Chair, HR Standing Committee on Audit and Oversight of Administration
- Oct. 2020:Director-General, Office for Reconstruction after the Great East Japan
Earthquake, Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) - Sept. 2022: CDP Next Cabinet Minister for Foreign Affairs and National Security
(North Korea Abduction Issue and ODA) - Nov. 2024-:Vice-Speaker, House of Representatives
- Other:
- Apr. 1987: Matsushita Institute of Government and Management
