OGUMA Shinji

Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Fukushima 3rd District (single-seat constituency), elected five times

• In-House Group: The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Independent
• Born: 16 June 1968, Kitakata, Fukushima
• Education:
• School of Law, Senshu University

• Career:
• Member, House of Councillors (one term)
• Secretary to ARAI Shokei, HR Member
• Secretary to SAITO Fumiaki, HR Member
• Member, Aizuwakamatsu City Council (1999) (one term)
• Member, Fukushima Prefectural Assembly (2003) (two terms)
• Elected to the House of Councillors (2010)
• First elected to the House of Representatives in 2012 (reelected in 2014, 2017, 2021 and 2024)
• Special Member, National Land Council
• Director, HR Standing Committee on National Security
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Chair, HR Special Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues
• Director, HR Special Committee on Reconstruction after Great East Japan Earthquake and Disaster Management
• President, Aizu Daiku no Kai (group based in Aizu which plays Beethovens Symphony No. 9)