OOKA Toshitaka

• Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Shiga 1st District (single-seat constituency), elected six times


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: 16 April 1972, Tsuchiyama, Koka, Shiga
• Education:
• School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University

• Career:
• Small and medium enterprise management consultant
• Suzuki Motor Corporation (1995)
• Member, Hamamatsu City Council (one term) (1999)
• Lost the Hamamatsu City mayoral election (2003)
• Member, Shizuoka Prefectural Assembly (two terms) (2007)
• Chairperson, Liberal Democratic Party Shiga Prefecture House of Representatives 1st Electoral District Branch (open recruitment) (2012)
• First elected to the House of Representatives (2012)
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance (2015)
• State Minister of the Environment (2021)
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Cabinet (2024)