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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

May 2018: Commended by the House of Representatives for long service

(25 years) as a Member of the National Diet