OGUMA Shinji

• Chair, Special Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues, House of Representatives


• In-House Group: The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Independent
• Elected: Fukushima 4th District (single-seat constituency), four times
• Born: 16 June 1968, Kitakata, Fukushima
• Education: School of Law, Senshu University

• Career:
• Member, House of Councillors (HC) (one term)


• Secretary to ARAI Shokei, Member of the House of Representatives (HR)
• Secretary to SAITO Fumiaki, Member of the HR
• Member, Aizuwakamatsu City Council (1999) (one term)
• Member, Fukushima Prefectural Assembly (2003) (two terms)
• Elected to the HC (one term) (2010)
• First elected to the HR for Tohoku proportional representation bloc (2012)
• Special Member, National Land Council
• Elected for second term to the HR, for Fukushima 4th district (a single-seat constituency) (2014)
• Elected for third term to the HR, for Tohoku proportional representation bloc (2017)
• Director, HR Standing Committee on National Security
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Member, HR Special Committee on Reconstruction after Great East Japan Earthquake
• Elected for fourth term to the HR, for Fukushima 4th district (2021)
• President, Aizu Daiku no Kai (group based in Aizu which plays Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9)