AKUTSU Yukihiko

Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Tokyo 11th District (single-seat constituency), elected five times

• In-House Group: The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Independent
• Born: June 1956, Bunkyo, Tokyo
• Education:
• Tokyo Metropolitan Kitazono Senior High School, Japan
• BA in Political Science and MA in International Affairs, School of Public and International Affairs (now Elliott School of International Affairs), George Washington University, USA

• Career:
• Official Secretary No. 1 to ISHIHARA Shintaro, HR Member
• Member, Policy and Research Committee, New Party Sakigake
• Director, Domestic Programs Department, Japan Platform
• General Manager, Tohoku Office, Japan Platform
• Special Advisor to the Prime Minister
• Leader, Special Mission Team for the Repatriation of Remains of the War Dead from Iwojima Island
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Cabinet Office
• Acting Chairperson, Great East Japan Earthquake Government Response Headquarters
• Chair, HR Special Committee on Consumer Affairs
• Vice Secretary-General, former Democratic Party of Japan
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Financial Affairs
• Member, HR Standing Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
• Member, HR Special Committee on Reconstruction after Great East Japan Earthquake and Disaster Management
• Director, General Affairs Department, Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan