OTSUKA Taku

• Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Saitama 9th District (single-seat constituency), elected six times


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: 14 June 1973, Minato, Tokyo
• Education:
• Faculty of Law (political science), Keio University, Japan
• Master in Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA

• Career:
• Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. (now MUFG Bank, Ltd.)
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice
• State Minister of Finance
• State Minister of Cabinet Office
• Chairperson, Research Commission on Intellectual Property Strategy, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Director, LDP National Defense Division (two terms)
• Director, LDP Judicial Affairs Division
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP Policy Research Council
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP Election Strategy Committee
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP Diet Affairs Committee
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on Security
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on Public Safety and Counter-Terrorism
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on National Security
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Rules and Administration
• Director, HR Standing Committee on National Security
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Judicial Affairs
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
• Director, HR Special Special Committee on Political Ethics and Election Law
• Member, HR Board of Information Oversight and Review