ISHIDA Masatoshi

• Chair, Special Committee on Political Reform, House of Representatives


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Elected: Wakayama 2nd District (single-seat constituency), eight times
• Born: April 1952, Kainan, Wakayama
• Education:
• School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University

• Career:
• Secretary to BO Hideo, Member of the House of Representatives (HR)
• Member, Wakayama Prefectural Assembly
• Mayor of Kainan
• Vice President, Japan Association of Young Mayors
• President, Japan Association of Small City Mayors
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
• State Minister of Finance
• Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
• Deputy Secretary-General, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP Policy Research Council
• Director, LDP Internal Affairs and Communications Division
• Director, LDP Interest Group Policy Division
• Chairperson, LDP Personnel Committee
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on the Tax System
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP General Council
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Judicial Affairs
• Senior Director, HR Standing Committee on Budget
• Senior Director, HR Standing Committee on Rules and Administration
• Member, HR Standing Committee on Internal Affairs and Communications
• Member, HR Standing Committee on Financial Affairs
• Member, HR Special Committee on Postal Reform